Exchange Rates on January 17, 2012
(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 113.01 114.88
Sterling Pound 172.87 177.10
Euro 142.85 146.96
Swiss Franc 117.80 121.75
Canadian Dollar 110.50 113.97
Australian Dollar 116.16 120.08
Singapore Dollar 87.20 89.82
Japanese Yen 1.4617 1.5082
(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 302.11
Kuwait Dinar 407.36
Oman Rial 295.04
Qatar Riyal 31.28
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.37
UAE Dirham 31.01
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR) and the Lowest Prime
Rate (LPR) during the week ended 13th January, 2011 by all commercial banks
was 11.33 percent and 7.50 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for the
month of December, 2011 was 7.24 percent.
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