SRI LANKA FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

Sri Lanka financial overview

Economy, banking and markets · source-linked observations.

CATALOGUE REVIEWED11 September 2026Curated source dates remain per card · Asia/Colombo

USD/LKRCBSL

328.77LKR per USD

09 Sep 2026

Gold · 8 gCalculated

UnavailableLKR/8 g

Unavailable

OPRCBSL

8.75% p.a.

09 Sep 2026

AWPRCBSL

10.92% p.a.

Weekly · 09 Sep 2026

CCPI inflationCBSL

8.0% YoY

Aug 2026

Real GDP growthDCS

5.1% YoY

Q1 2026

More indicators Prices · liquidity · markets

ASPI21,466.00 index

09 Sep 2026 · close

NCPI inflation7.2 % YoY

Jul 2026

S&P SL206,033.87 index

09 Sep 2026 · close

Reserve money1,918,608.14 LKR mn

09 Sep 2026

Liquidity158.14 LKR bn

09 Sep 2026

Brent101.33 USD/barrel

09 Sep 2026

Market cap7,790.80 LKR bn

09 Sep 2026

PRICES

Inflation at a glance

Separate official indices

7.2%NCPI · July 2026

National inflation reached 7.2% in July. Colombo inflation was 8.0% in August. These are different official index populations and should not be combined.

NCPI inflationJul 20267.2%

CCPI inflationAug 20268.0%

Separate price indices and reference months · scale 0–10% YoY. Verified historical observations are not yet indexed.

SIGNALS

Sri Lanka pulse

RULES-BASED

Economic activity

Real GDP expanded 5.1% year-on-year in Q1 2026.

Price pressure

NCPI and CCPI cover different populations; compare each index with its own prior release.

Policy corridor

SDFR 8.25% · OPR 8.75% · SLFR 9.25%.

Currency conditions

USD/LKR indicative spot at 328.77; TT buy-sell spread ≈ 2.78%.

Facts are separated from interpretation. No investment recommendation is generated.

LIQUIDITY

Reserve money

LKR billion

1,918.61LKR billion

Latest indexed reserve money

Latest indexed observation: 1,918,608.14 LKR mn on 09 Sep 2026.

RATE BOARD

Policy and market rates

CBSL

SDFR8.25%09 Sep 2026

OPR8.75%09 Sep 2026

SLFR9.25%09 Sep 2026

AWCMR8.87%09 Sep 2026

AWPR10.92%09 Sep 2026

The board keeps administered policy rates visibly separate from observed market rates.

CURRENCY BOARD

FX reference rates

Dated references

USD09 Sep 2026Buy324.2860Sell333.2894

GBP09 Sep 2026Buy375.7903Sell389.0371

EUR09 Sep 2026Buy438.0717Sell452.6746

USD is read from the live CBSL rate window; other currencies remain dated snapshots until their official table connector is added.

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