Exchange Rates on 25th August ‘09
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial
banks in Colombo:
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
U.S. Dollar 114.17 115.56
Sterling Pound 186.74 189.79
Euro 162.65 165.51
Swiss Franc 106.79 109.53
Canadian Dollar 105.19 107.93
Australian Dollar 94.87 96.99
Singapore Dollar 78.85 80.35
Japanese Yen 1.2101 1.2348
(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 304.58
Kuwait Dinar 399.91
Oman Rial 298.22
Qatar Riyal 31.53
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.62
UAE Dirham 31.26
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the Lowest
Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended Aug 21st, 2009 by all commercial
banks were 13.99 percent and 10.56 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for
the month of July, 2009 was 10.98 percent.
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