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This is an excerpt from Issue 32, dated 30 September 2026, as sent. It is an example of the format, not today's market data. The full email also includes commodities, ports, reservoirs and the events wire.

This issue had a partial numbers audit: T-bill readings were as of 23 September and procurement as of 27 September. Oil was explicitly Reuters-attributed, not independently confirmed at ICE. Each issue keeps its source dates.
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The morning desk note

Issue 32 · Wednesday 30 September 2026

The desk read

(analyst view): RISK-ON · EXTERNALS WATCH
  RATING + - Fitch to B- from CCC+ on 22 Sep, outlook stable - first step out of the CCC bucket
  RATES + - 364-day at 9.93% and still under 10%; all three auction yields edged up on 23 Sep
  FX + - rupee +2.4% in Aug; CBSL buying dollars, not defending
  RESERVES + - $6.905bn end-Aug, +4.6% m/m; CBSL absorbed $579m in Aug
  CREDIT + - +26.4% y/y Jul - domestic demand still running hot
  OIL + - Brent $102.59, -2.6% d/d on 29 Sep - oil remains above $100 and import-bill risk persists
  EXT ACCT - - four straight monthly current-account deficits to Jul
  TOURISM - - Aug arrivals -3.3% y/y; Sep 1-27 tally 143,623

The morning brief

SRI LANKA
    - Pan Asia Bank plans Rs. 4 b Tier 2 debenture issue (Daily FT, 29 Sep 2026)
    - Sri Lanka to spend Rs. 40.65 Bn for three-month diesel price relief (Newswire, 29 Sep 2026)
    - Cabinet approves Sri Lanka-Brazil pact to modernize dairy industry (Newswire, 29 Sep 2026)
    - Sri Lanka invites Malaysian corporates to partner in next growth phase (Daily FT, 29 Sep 2026)
  WORLD
    - Fed's Barr says more rate hikes likely to be needed to curb inflation (Reuters, 29 Sep 2026)
    - Battered bond market braces for a new era of interest rates (Reuters, 29 Sep 2026)
    - Oil giants rush to help Italy's Meloni curb energy costs with fuel price caps (Reuters, 29 Sep 2026)
    - US ban on Canadian alcohol and dairy comes into effect as trade war drags on (BBC, 29 Sep 2026)

Rupee board

USD / LKR: 330.63
  EUR / LKR: 375.07
  GBP / LKR: 437.37
  AUD / LKR: 231.08
  JPY / LKR: 2.101
  INR 100 / LKR: 344.18

Policy & prices

Overnight policy rate: 8.75%  [22 JUL]
  SDFR / SLFR corridor: 8.25 / 9.25  [22 JUL]
  CCPI inflation y/y: 8.0%  [31 AUG]
  Petrol 92, Rs / litre: 399  [31 AUG]
  Auto diesel, Rs / litre: 382  [31 AUG]
  Tea avg, Rs / kg: 1,174  [AUG NSA]

T-bills

91-day: 9.20%  [▲2BP]
  182-day: 9.37%  [▲1BP]
  364-day: 9.93%  [▲5BP]

Sources stay attached

Oil: Reuters-attributed report carried by Mint. Other readings carry their publisher and date in the full email and on the live desk.

Not investment advice. Model readings and sector sensitivities are analyst estimates.

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