Secondary Bond market yields remain broadly unchanged

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Rupee depreciates

By Wealth Trust Securities

The Secondary Bond market yields remained mostly unchanged yesterday with activity witnessed on the 15.09.27, 01.07.28, 01.09.28 and 15.10.28 maturities at levels of 8.50%, 8.92%, 8.95% and 8.97% respectively. In addition, 01.06.33 and 01.11.33 maturities were seen trading at the rates of 10.72% and 10.80% respectively.

The total secondary market Treasury bond/bill transacted volume for 16 July was Rs. 57.01 billion.

In money markets, the weighted average rates on overnight call money and Repo stood at 7.78% and 7.79% respectively as net liquidity surplus stood at Rs. 85.91 billion.

Forex Market

In the Forex market, the USD/LKR rate on spot contracts closed the day depreciating to Rs. 301.58/301.70 as against Rs. 301.40/301.50 the previous day.

The total USD/LKR traded volume for 16 July was $ 79.25 million.

(References: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Bloomberg E-Bond trading platform, Money broking companies)

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