Exchange Rates on 02nd Oct. ‘09 

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

Currency		Buying Rate	Selling Rate

U.S. Dollar		114.03		115.66
Sterling Pound	180.97		184.72
Euro		164.96		168.92
Swiss Franc	108.57		112.02
Canadian Dollar	104.30		107.71
Australian Dollar	98.42		101.43
Singapore Dollar	80.30		82.23
Japanese Yen	1.2685		1.3025


(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	304.52
Kuwait		Dinar	400.32
Oman		Rial	298.17
Qatar		Riyal	31.53
Saudi Arabia	Riyal	30.61
UAE		Dirham	31.25


(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the Lowest Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended 25th Sept. 2009, 
by all commercial banks were 13.39 percent and 11.25 percent respectively.


(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for the month of August, 2009 was 10.84 percent.