COLOMBO, April 8 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka sold a $500 million,five-year sovereign bond at a yield of 5.125 percent, the islandnation's central bank said on Tuesday.
It was the second eurobond the $67 billion economy sold thisyear. In January, it sold $1 billion, five-year sovereign bondat a yield of 6 percent.
The Indian Ocean island nation's 2014 budget approved a $1.5billion overseas borrowing to finance some infrastructureprojects.
The latest bond issue, the seventh by Sri Lanka since thefirst eurobond in 2007, was priced at a yield of 5.125 percentafter a 5.5 percent initial price guidance.
"This tighter yield reflects the continued confidence thatinternational investors have placed in the sovereign bondissuance of Sri Lanka," the central bank said in a statement.
Citigroup, HSBC, and Standard Chartered Bank were the joint lead managers and bookrunners for thebond issue, which was oversubscribed by 8.3 times.
Sri Lanka's previous five-year issuances in 2007, 2009 and January 2014 were priced atyields of 8.25 percent, 7.40 percent and 6.00 percentrespectively. (Reporting by Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal; Editing byAnupama Dwivedi)