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By Wealth Trust Securities
The activity in the secondary Bonds market yesterday remained active and transaction volumes were seen at healthy levels boosted by several block transactions. Yields were seen holding broadly steady across the majority of the yield curve.
However selected tenors such as the 2028 tenors saw renewed buying interest resulting in a marginal drop in yields whiles selected longer tenors such as the 2031 and 2033 tenors were seeing edging up marginally.
In secondary Bonds market, the 15.09.27 maturity was seen trading at the rate of 9.00%. The 15.02.28, 15.03.28 and 01.05.28 maturities were seen trading at the rates of 9.20%, 9.20% and 9.25% respectively. The 15.06.29 and 15.10.29 maturities were seen trading at the rates of 9.55% and 9.65% respectively. The 15.05.31 maturity traded up the range of 10.20%-10.30%. The 01.06.33 and 01.11.33 maturities traded at the rate of 10.55% and traded up the range of 10.60%-10.62% respectively.
The total secondary market Treasury Bond/Bill transacted volume for 2 December was Rs. 6.60 billion.
In money markets, the net liquidity surplus was recorded at Rs. 102.75 billion on Wednesday. An amount of Rs. 106.92 billion was deposited at Central Bank’s SDFR (Standing Deposit Facility Rate) of 7.25% while an amount of Rs. 4.17 billion was withdrawn from the Central Banks SLFR (Standard Lending Facility Rate) of 8.25%.
The weighted average rates on overnight call money and Repo stood at 7.94% and 7.96% respectively.
Forex Market
In the Forex market, the USD/LKR rate on spot contracts to closed the day appreciating slightly to Rs.308.75/308.80 as against its previous day’s closing level of
Rs. 308.80/308.90.
The total USD/LKR traded volume for 2 December 2025 was $ 45.60 million.
(References: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Bloomberg E-Bond trading platform, Money broking companies)
