Exchange Rates on October 21, 2009
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks in Colombo:
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
U.S. Dollar 114.11 115.60
Sterling Pound 186.24 189.87
Euro 169.32 173.17
Swiss Franc 111.56 115.01
Canadian Dollar 107.65 111.07
Australian Dollar 104.32 107.35
Singapore Dollar 81.41 83.26
Japanese Yen 1.2498 1.2817
(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 304.54
Kuwait Dinar 401.55
Oman Rial 298.19
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 16th Oct, 2009
by all commercial banks were 12.72 percent and 10.50 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for the month of September, 2009 was 10.34 percent.
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