📊 Steady Yields & Strong Liquidity in Secondary Bond Market

• Secondary Bond Market: Yields remained broadly steady and consolidated across most of the curve. Transaction volumes remained healthy. Key maturities traded as follows: - 2028: 15.02.28 at 10.53%, 15.03.28 at 10.55%, and 15.12.28 at 10.70% - 2030: 01.07.30 at 11.50%, 01.08.30 at 11.55%, and 15.10.30 at 11.55%-11.60% - 2033/2034: 01.11.33 at 12.00% and 15.10.34 at 12.10% • Money Market & Liquidity: The banking sector net liquidity surplus stood strong at Rs. 143.41 Bn. - Rs. 86.65 Bn was deposited at the Central Bank’s SDFR (8.25%). - Rs. 7.24 Bn was withdrawn from the SLFR (9.25%). - The Central Bank drained Rs. 54 Bn via an overnight repo auction (weighted average 8.65%) and Rs. 10 Bn via a 6-day term repo auction (8.75%). - Weighted average rates for overnight call money and repos were 8.95% and 8.98% respectively. • Forex Market: The USD/LKR spot rate closed slightly stronger at LKR 336.20/336.30, compared to the previous day's close of LKR 336.30/336.40. Total traded volume for July 15 stood at US$ 37.02 Mn.