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Bond yields were quoted higher in a volatile market, dealers said.

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange indices were trading slightly lower on Wednesday morning, CSE data showed, with the benchmark All Share Price Index moving down 0.07 percent. The ASPI was down 15.72 points at 21,246.41, while the more liquid S&P SL20 was flat, up 0.15 points (0.00 percent) at 5,976.82. Positive contributors to […]

Bond yields were quoted steady to lower on selected tenors, dealers said.

Major correction in equity prices and a fall in AI-related capex would result in sharp slowdown in global GDP growth

Sri Lanka rupee at 330.70/331.20 to US dollar spot, bond yields lower economynext.com

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange closed down on Monday trading, CSE data showed, with the benchmark All Share Price Index moving down 0.32 percent. The ASPI was down 68.82 points at 21,313.92, while the more liquid S&P SL20 was down 0.14 percent, or 8.13 points, at 5,994.33. Positive contributors to the ASPI were […]

The GDP for the second quarter of 2026 at constant price (2015) has increased to Rs. 3,029,816 million from Rs. 2,908,570 million which was reported in the second quarter of 2025. The GDP growth rate for the second quarter of year 2026 has been reported as 4.2 percent positive growth. The overall Agricultural activities declined […]

Rupee weaker, bond yields up

Sri Lanka is preparing to make artificial intelligence more central to business, government, education, and the digital economy. Sri Lanka AI Week 2026, running from September 28 to October 4, is explicitly designed to turn AI ambition into measurable impact through policy discussions, enterprise transformation, an AI Expo, and a national AI engagement platform. That is […]

The joint offer by Arcasia Investment & Trading (Pvt) Ltd and ATX Partners (Pvt) Ltd closed on September 12

The telegraphic transfer rate for the dollar was 324.10 buying, 333.10 selling;

Rumesh Pathirage, Sri Lanka's gold medal contender, endures big setback ahead of Asian Games Moneycontrol.com

Q2 growth is slower than the 2026 Q1 expansion

Real estate, tech stocks drag Sri Lankan shares lower Prop News Time

MullenLowe Group Sri Lanka has transitioned to BBDO Sri Lanka following Omnicom’s global integration, marking the next chapter for an agency built on strong creative thinking, strategic depth and measurable business impact. Its people, partnerships, capabilities and market understanding will carry forward into BBDO, connecting an established Sri Lankan operation with one of the world’s […]

JPMorgan to launch long-awaited 'frontier' local currency debt index Reuters

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” — Aristotle By Prof. Asoka.S.Seneviratne Summary The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr Nandalal Weerasinghe, deserves credit for placing the question of foreign-reserve accumulation within its proper broader context: reserves cannot be built sustainably at any cost. At the Reserve Management Conference […]

Sri Lanka’s Growth Held Up, Even As Inflation Reheated Finimize

Bangladesh to send trade delegation to explore potato exports to Sri Lanka The Business Standard