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Exchange Rates on 17-Feb-09
The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial
banks in Colombo.
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
U.S. Dollar 113.53 115.04
Sterling Pound 160.87 163.90
EURO 143.15 146.17
Swiss Franc 96.12 98.84
Canadian Dollar 90.27 92.80
Australian Dollar 72.70 74.78
Singapore Dollar 74.31 75.98
Japanese Yen 1.2239 1.2529
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 302.11
Kuwait Dinar 389.36
Oman Rial 295.81
Qatar Riyal 31.27
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.36
UAE Dirham 31.01
The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the Lowest Prime Rate
(LPR) during the week ended 13th February, 2009 by all commercial banks were
19.56 percent and 15.24 percent respectively.
The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for the month
of January, 2009 was 11.74 percent.
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