Exchange Rates on 18th August ‘09 

(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial
banks in Colombo:

Currency 		Buying Rate 	Selling Rate

U.S. Dollar 	114.16 		115.55
Sterling Pound 	186.51 		189.47
Euro 		160.78 		163.46
Swiss Franc 	105.80 		107.75
Canadian Dollar 	102.98 		104.93
Australian Dollar 	93.78 		95.55
Singapore Dollar 	78.61 		79.98
Japanese Yen 	1.1992 		1.2219

(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 		304.75
Kuwait 		Dinar 		399.34
Oman 		Rial 		298.34
Qatar 		Riyal 		31.56
Saudi Arabia 	Riyal 		30.64
UAE 		Dirham 		31.28

(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the Lowest
Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended Aug 14, 2009 by all commercial 
banks were 14.18 percent and 10.66 percent respectively.

(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks
for the month of July, 2009 was 10.98 percent.