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Exchange Rates on 13-Feb-09
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks in Colombo.
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
U.S. Dollar 113.34 114.85
Sterling Pound 162.22 165.28
EURO 145.55 148.62
Swiss Franc 96.97 99.68
Canadian Dollar 90.61 93.16
Australian Dollar 73.86 75.97
Singapore Dollar 74.83 76.48
Japanese Yen 1.2398 1.2692
(2) The approximate exchange rates of GULF Currencies, based on previous day’s
market weighted average rate for the US$ are as follow:
Country Currency Indicative Rate
Bahrain Dinar 302.20
Kuwait Dinar 389.42
Oman Rial 295.90
Qatar Riyal 31.28
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.37
UAE Dirham 31.02
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the Lowest Prime Rate (LPR) during the week
ended 06th February, 2009 by all commercial banks were 20.10 percent and 15.25 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks
for the month of January, 2009 was 11.74 percent.
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