Colombo Stocks Retreat as Turnover Jumps, Yields Hold Steady
ASPI fell 0.81% to 20,644 as turnover topped LKR 3.1 billion. Treasury yields held steady and the rupee was flat at LKR 330.60.
ASPI fell 0.81% to 20,644 as turnover topped LKR 3.1 billion. Treasury yields held steady and the rupee was flat at LKR 330.60.
Sri Lanka Treasury yields rose 5-10 bps in mid-maturities and fell 5 bps on some bills over the week; bill auction bids hit.
The ASPI fell 0.33% to 20,813 on turnover of LKR 873 million as foreign investors sold LKR 140 million net. Treasury yields held.
Government securities yields climb up to 55bps week-on-week, led by 2-year tenor, as T-bill auction rates also rise across all maturities.
ASPI gains modestly as Treasury yields climb across the curve and the rupee eases against the dollar in Colombo trading.
Treasury bond yields climb up to 20bps week-on-week in Sri Lanka, with the steepest moves in the five-to-nine-year segment of the curve.
Sri Lanka's PDMO raises LKR 150 billion in a T-Bond auction across 2030, 2034 and 2037 maturities as yields firm across the
ASPI ticks up on thin trading as Sri Lanka's Treasury raises LKR 150 billion via T-Bonds and secondary market yields rise.
Sri Lankan government bond yields climbed up to 35bps in medium tenors this week as short-term rates eased and a new LKR 150Bn.
Sri Lanka T-Bill yields fall at weekly auction, with 3-month and 6-month rates down 16bps each, as PDMO raises its full LKR 120Bn.