Exchange Rates on 07th October, ‘09
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by
commercial banks in Colombo:
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
U.S. Dollar 114.02 115.63
Sterling Pound 180.64 184.29
Euro 166.76 170.56
Swiss Franc 110.25 112.92
Canadian Dollar 106.86 109.56
Australian Dollar 100.57 103.26
Singapore Dollar 80.91 82.71
Japanese Yen 1.2765 1.3083
(2) The approximate exchange rates of Gulf Currencies, based
on previous day’s market weighted average rate for the US$ are as follows:
Country Currency Indicative Rate
Bahrain Dinar 304.52
Kuwait Dinar 400.78
Oman Rial 298.17
Qatar Riyal 31.53
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.61
UAE Dirham 31.25
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the Lowest
Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended 2nd Oct, 2009 by all commercial
banks were 12.88 percent and 11.25 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for
the month of September, 2009 was 10.34 percent.
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