Sri Lanka Treasuries yields up at auction

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lankan treasury bills edged up across maturities at Wednesday’s auction, with the 06-month bill yield up 16 basis points to 10.05 percent, the debt office, a unit of the Central Bank, said.

The 03-month bill yield went up one basis point to 8.98 percent and the 01-year bill yield rose 06 basis points to 10.37 percent at the auction, a statement said.

The debt office got bids worth Rs86.7 billion and accepted bids worth Rs27.8 billion.