📈 Sri Lanka Bond Market Yields Rise Amid Aggressive Selling; Rupee Depreciates

• Secondary Bond Market: Yields spiked across the board driven by continued selling pressure, though strong buying support at higher levels capped further increases and boosted transacted volumes. • 15.06.29: Traded at 11.19% • 01.08.30: Traded higher at 11.55% • 01.02.31 & 01.12.31: Up to 11.65%–11.75% and 11.82%–11.90% • 15.01.33: Traded up to 12.15%–12.25% • 2034 Tenors: Heavy trading across 15.06.34 (12.45%–12.48%), 15.09.34 (12.35%–12.45%), and 15.10.34 (12.33%) • Money Market & Liquidity: • Net liquidity surplus: Rs. 125.42 Bn • Standing Deposit Facility (8.25%): Rs. 87.20 Bn deposited • Standing Lending Facility (9.25%): Rs. 0.01 Bn withdrawn • Central Bank Repo Auctions (8.75%): Rs. 38.20 Bn liquidity absorbed overnight • Weighted average overnight rates: Call Money at 8.99%, Repos at 9.05% • Forex Market: • Sri Lankan Rupee (USD/LKR) depreciated marginally to Rs. 331.60/331.70 from Rs. 331.25/331.35 • Traded volume: US$ 92.07 Mn