The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks
in Colombo for Telegraphic Transfers (TT)
at 9.30 a.m. are as follows:
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
U.S. Dollar 107.31 108.36
Sterling Pound 198.50 201.63
EURO 158.00 160.91
Swiss Franc 98.92 101.56
Canadian Dollar 102.92 105.77
Australian Dollar 89.50 91.77
Singapore Dollar 75.89 77.35
Japanese Yen 1.0159 1.0364
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 286.10
Kuwait Dinar 403.52
Oman Rial 280.19
Qatar Riyal 29.63
Saudi Arabia Riyal 28.73
UAE Dirham 29.37
The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR) and the Lowest
Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended 19th September, 2008
by all commercial banks was 19.53 per cent and 14.50 per cent
respectively.
The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of the commercial banks,
for the month of August 2008 was 10.91 per cent.
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