Exchange Rates on 14th September 09
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks in Colombo:
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
U.S. Dollar 114.01 115.70
Sterling Pound 188.92 192.78
Euro 165.14 168.18
Swiss Franc 108.86 112.22
Canadian Dollar 104.30 107.55
Australian Dollar 97.05 99.87
Singapore Dollar 79.62 81.54
Japanese Yen 1.2556 1.2878
(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 304.55
Kuwait Dinar 400.87
Oman Rial 298.20
Qatar Riyal 31.53
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.61
UAE Dirham 31.26
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the
Lowest Prime Rate (LPR) during the week
ended Sep 11th, 2009 by all commercial banks were 13.06 percent and 10.00 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks
for the month of August, 2009 was 10.84 percent.
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