Thursday Jan 15, 2026
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By Wealth Trust Securities
The secondary Bond market yesterday initially saw rates pick up, but swiftly changed gears and saw rates decrease on the back of aggressive buying interest. As a result, secondary bond market two-way quotes were seen closing lower day on day. Activity and transaction volumes were seen at increased levels supported by several block transactions.
In terms of the secondary Bond market trade summary the 15.12.26 maturity was seen trading at the rate of 8.50%. The 01.05.27 maturity saw its yield drop from 9.00% to 8.95%. The 15.03.28 maturity traded at the rate of 9.10%. The 15.10.28 maturity traded at the rate of 9.20% and the 15.12.28 maturity at the rate of 9.25%. The 15.06.29 maturity traded down the range of 9.60%-9.50%. The 15.09.29, 15.10.29 and 15.12.29 maturities were seen trading down the ranges of 9.68%-9.55%, 9.65%-9.60% and 9.70%-9.60% respectively. The 01.07.30 maturity traded down the range of 9.75%-9.70%. The 15.03.31 maturity traded down the range of 9.90%-9.88% respectively. The 01.10.32 and 15.12.32 maturities were seen trading down the ranges of 10.35%-10.30% and 10.33%-10.30% respectively.
The details of the next upcoming Treasury Bond auction, scheduled to be conducted on 12 January (next Monday) were announced. The round of auctions will have a total offered amount of Rs. 205 billion across three available maturities.
The auction will be comprised of:
The settlement for which will be held on 16th January 2026.
The total secondary market Treasury Bond/Bill transacted volume for 7 January 2026 was Rs. 76.86 billion.
In money markets, the net liquidity surplus was recorded at Rs. 168.45 billion yesterday as an amount of Rs. 216.57 billion was deposited at Central Bank’s SDFR (Standing Deposit Facility Rate) of 7.25%. An amount of Rs. 48.13 billion was withdrawn from the Central Bank’s SLFR (Standard Lending Facility Rate) of 8.25%.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 7.97% and 7.99% respectively.
Forex market
In the forex market, the USD/LKR rate on spot contracts closed the day appreciating to Rs. 309.10/309.50 as against Rs. 310.05/310.15 the previous day.
The total USD/LKR traded volume for 7 January was $ 68.50 million.
(References: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Bloomberg E-Bond trading platform, Money broking companies)
