Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields up: Central Bank

Apr 08, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Treasury yields were up on Wednesday’s auction with the increase of 12-month yield from 14 basis points to 6.90 percent, data from the state debt office showed.



6-month yield was also up at 6.83 percent from 15 basis points and 11,200 million rupees were accepted from 20,150 million rupees. The debt office said the auction got bids amounting to 53,690 million rupee and it was decided to accept 25,755 million rupees from the auction. The debt office also offered 3-month short term bills for the auction at 6.

56 percent and 4,121 million rupees were accepted from 8,716 million rupees.