Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC

The local currency maintained a stable tone during the week of May 25 to May 29 last and traded around 77.63 levels.

The market will see the same tone in the upcoming week as well. The average daily inter-bank USD/BDT transaction volume was about $ 49.28 million against around $ 41.16 million of the week before.

Most of the banks kept their published foreign exchange rates unchanged last week. The USD/BDT selling rates for importers of major foreign and private banks were at 77.80-78.30, while USD buying rates from exporters were at 76.80-77.30. For non- commercial payments such as Tele Graphic Transfer as donations, wage earners remittance, dollar drafts etc, the average TT buying rate was in the range of 76.80-77.30 while average TT selling rate was at 78.0296 on the last working day.

The USD/BDT swap market last week was very much active. The daily average volume of swap transaction was around $ 45.00 million.

The local call money market traded around 6.00 per cent. The central bank supported commercial banks through assured liquidity support and Reverse Repo windows. Bangladesh Bank accepted 182-day T-Bill and 364-day T-Bill. The cutoff yield of 182-day was 7.60 per cent and 364-day was 7.90 per cent. It also accepted 15-Year Govt. Treasury bond at yield of 11.97 per cent and 20-Year Govt. Treasury bond at yield of 12.14 per cent.