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Activity centered the liquid two 2018 maturities (i.e. 1 April 2018 and 15 August 2018), the 1 July 2019 and 1 May 2021 maturity to hit intraday highs of 8.75%, 8.84%, 9.08% and 9.90% respectively against its days opening lows of 8.68/70, 8.80/84, 8.98/03 and 9.77/85. In addition, the 364 day bill was quoted at 7.00/04 while the one and a half year maturity of 01.11.2015 was quoted at 7.36/40.
Overnight call money and repo rates remained steady to average 6.95% and 6.52% respectively as surplus liquidity remained high at Rs. 28.73 b yesterday. The Open Market Operations (OMO) department of Central Bank was seen mopping up an amount of Rs. 18.90 b on a four-day basis at a weighted average (WAvg) of 6.60% by way of a repo auction while a further amount of Rs 9.83 b was seen being deposited at CBSL’s Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) of 6.50%.
Rupee remains stable
In Forex markets, the USD/LKR rate remained steady to close the day at Rs. 130.60/130.65 yesterday. The total USD/LKR traded volume for the previous day (17 April 2014) stood at $ 48.85 million.
Some of the forward dollar rates that prevailed in the market were: one month – 131.17; three months – 132.21; and six months – 133.71.
