Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
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By Wealth Trust Securities
The secondary Bond market yesterday saw activity moderate, with the market being at a virtual standstill for much of the day apart from a few sparse transactions. Yields were seen holding broadly steady with trading in a consolidating pattern.
Limited trades were observed on the selected tenors of 01.05.28 and 15.03.31 maturities were seen trading up the range of 9.00%-9.04% and 9.85%-9.89% respectively.
The total secondary market Treasury Bond/Bill transacted volume for 17 December was Rs. 30.64 billion.
In money markets, the net liquidity surplus reduced to Rs. 66.08 billion yesterday while the weighted average rates on overnight call money and Repo stood at 7.97% and 8.01% respectively.
Forex market
In the Forex market, the USD/LKR rate on spot contracts to closed appreciating slightly to 309.40/309.55 as against its previous day’s closing level of Rs. 309.65/309.72.
The total USD/LKR traded volume for 17 December 2025 was $ 75.05 million.
(References: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Bloomberg E-Bond trading platform, Money broking companies)
