a International Operations Department 11/06/2009
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks in Colombo.
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
US Dollar 114.14 115.84
Sterling Pound 186.76 190.58
Euro 159.50 163.13
Swiss Franc 105.09 108.32
Canadian Dollar 102.50 105.68
Australian Dollar 91.89 94.59
Singapore Dollar 78.36 80.24
Japanese Yen 1.1597 1.1892
(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 304.77
Kuwait Dinar 397.98
Oman Rial 298.75
Qatar Riyal 31.58
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.64
UAE Dirham 31.30
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the Lowest Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended June 5, 2009
by all commercial banks was 16.71 percent and 11.27 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for the month of May 2009 was 11.43 percent.
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