Srilanka, May 16 -- Continuing the previous day's trend, market participants maintained a buying stance, leading to moderate volumes and activity yesterday.

Notably, demand was concentrated in the 2028 and 2029 bond maturities, which became the focal point of investor interest. Consequently, the yield curve eased across the board. Additionally, CBSL advanced its third monetary policy review for the year, rescheduling it from 28th May 2025 to 22nd May 2025.

Amongst the traded maturities, 15.02.2028, 15.03.2028 and 01.07.2028 maturities traded at the rates of 9.67%, 9.70% and 9.75%, respectively whilst both 15.10.2028 and 15.12.2028 traded at the rate of 9.85%.

Meanwhile 15.06.2029, traded at the rate of 10.13% and both 15.09.2029 and...