# Sri Lanka accepts Rs80.6bn in Treasury bills at auction

> The 21 October auction accepted Rs80.611 billion against Rs100 billion offered. The 91-day bill drew the most bids and had a weighted average yield of 9.32%.

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Sri Lanka’s Public Debt Management Office reported accepting Rs80.611 billion of Treasury bills at an auction held on 21 October, against a total Rs100 billion offered. Bids amounted to Rs186.002 billion across 91-day, 182-day and 364-day maturities; all figures are in millions of rupees in the official result.

The office accepted Rs70.391 billion of the Rs40 billion offered in 91-day bills, at a weighted average yield of 9.32%, compared with 9.30% at the last auction. For 182-day bills it accepted Rs3.921 billion of Rs35 billion offered at 9.44%, and for 364-day bills Rs6.299 billion of Rs25 billion offered at 9.95%. Settlement was set for 23 October, with a phase-two subscription window for the latter two maturities open through 22 October.

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| date | label | description | status |
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| 2026-10-21 | Sri Lankan Treasury bill auction | The Public Debt Management Office published the accepted amounts and yields. | occurred |

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## Sources

- [Public Debt Management Office, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of Sri Lanka](<https://www.treasury.gov.lk/api/file/84d2ed40-16e0-4ec2-beab-1380b01d4a0b>) (Source checked: 2026-10-21; Published: 2026-10-21)

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