Exchange Rates on 27.10.2009
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by
commercial banks in Colombo.
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
U.S. Dollar 114.07 115.60
Sterling Pound 185.60 189.15
EURO 169.01 172.53
Swiss Franc 111.15 114.36
Canadian Dollar 105.84 108.98
Australian Dollar 104.10 106.68
Singapore Dollar 81.3082 83.0294
Japanese Yen 1.2335 1.2628
(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 304.58
Kuwait Dinar 401.28
Oman Rial 298.23
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 23th Oct, 2009
by all commercial banks was 12.50 percent and 10.00 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of the commercial
banks, for the month of September, 2009 was 10.34 percent.
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