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Sri Lanka sells extra Rs2.5bn Treasury bills after auction

EconomyNext ·

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has sold 2,500 million rupees of treasury bills offered on tap at average rates of 9.44 percent and 9.95 percent, the public debt management office said, bringing the total of bills sold in the week to 88.983 billion rupees. Total market subscription was 2,500 million rupees.…

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