Exchange Rates on April 08, 2011
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by
commercial banks in Colombo for Telegraphic Transfers (TT)
at 9.30 am are as follows.
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
US Dollar 109.56 111.30
Sterling Pound 178.47 182.75
EURO 156.35 160.75
Swiss Franc 118.73 122.96
Canadian Dollar 113.51 117.32
Australian Dollar 113.87 117.70
Singapore Dollar 86.36 88.92
Japanese Yen 1.2768 1.3162
(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 292.80
Kuwait Dinar 398.63
Oman Rial 286.70
Qatar Riyal 30.31
Saudi Arabia Riyal 29.43
UAE Dirham 30.05
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the
Lowest Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended April 01st, 2011 by
all commercial banks was 9.30 percent and 7.10 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for
the month of March, 2011 was 6.20 percent.
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