Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
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By Wealth Trust Securities
The secondary Bond market yesterday saw rates initially start off on a consolidative tone. However, towards the latter part of the day the market turned bullish once again with a rally pushing yields even lower on the back of institutional balance-sheet driven demand.
Activity and transaction volumes continued to be observed at robust levels.
In terms of the Secondary Bond market trade summary, the 01.05.28 and 01.07.28 maturities were seen trading at the rates of 9.11%-9.12% and 9.15% respectively. The 15.06.29, 15.09.29, 15.10.29 and 15.12.29 maturities were seen changing hands at the rates of 9.57%-9.55%, 9.62%-9.60%, 9.60% and 9.67%-9.62% respectively.
The 01.03.30 and 01.07.30 maturities traded at the rates of 9.70% and 9.72%-9.70% respectively. The 15.03.31 maturity changed hands at the rates of 10.00%-9.95% while the 01.10.32 maturity traded lower down the range of 10.30%-10.27%. The 01.11.33 maturity traded at the rate of 10.70% and the 15.06.35 maturity at rates of 11.06% to 11.03%.
The total Secondary market Treasury Bond/Bill transacted volume for 21 January 2026 was Rs. 81.83 billion.
In money markets, the net liquidity surplus decreased to Rs. 157.54 billion yesterday as an amount of Rs. 157.57 billion was deposited at Central Bank’s SDFR (Standing Deposit Facility Rate) of 7.25%. An amount of Rs. 0.30 billion was withdrawn from the Central Bank’s SLFR (Standard Lending Facility Rate) of 8.25%.
The weighted average rates on call money and repo were registered at 7.79% and 7.80% respectively.
Forex market
In the Forex market, the USD/LKR rate on spot contracts closed the day depreciating to Rs. 309.75/309.85 as against Rs. 309.72/309.80 the previous day.
The total USD/LKR traded volume for 21 January was $ 56.05 million.
(References: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Bloomberg E-Bond trading platform, Money broking
companies)
