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