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Wednesday Sep 03, 2025
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By Wealth Trust Securities
The Secondary Bond market yesterday saw activity and transaction volumes at elevated levels, particularly in the earlier trading hours. Yields were seen increasing marginally as selling pressure pushed rates up, carrying over the momentum from Friday. However, renewed buying interest was seen kicking in at the elevated levels which curtailed any further upwards movement and effectively putting a cap on rates.
Accordingly, the 01.02.26 and 15.01.27 maturities were seen trading at the rates of 7.98%-7.95% and 8.15% respectively. The 15.02.28/15.03.28 and 01.05.28 maturities changed hands at the levels of 8.75% and 8.80% respectively. The 15.09.29, 15.10.29 and 15.12.29 maturities traded at the rates of 9.40%, 9.44%-9.41% and 9.45% respectively. The 01.07.32 and 15.12.32 maturities traded at the rates of 10.43%-10.35% and 10.25% respectively.
The total secondary market Treasury Bond/Bill transacted volume for 15 August was Rs. 4.33 billion.
In the money market, the net liquidity surplus increased to Rs. 135.87 billion yesterday against its Friday’s level of Rs. 88.33 billion. Rs. 8.76 billion was withdrawn from the Central Bank’s SLFR (Standing Lending Facility Rate) of 8.25%, while an amount of Rs. 144.63 billion was deposited at Central Bank’s SDFR (Standard Deposit Facility Rate) of 7.25%.
The weighted average rates on call money and repo were registered at 7.85% and 7.86% respectively.
Forex Market
In the Forex market, the USD/LKR rate on spot contracts closed the day depreciating slightly to Rs. 301.25/301.40 as against Rs. 300.90/301.05 the previous day.
The total USD/LKR traded volume for 15 August was $ 104.95 million.
(References: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Bloomberg E-Bond trading platform, Money broking companies)
