Exchange Rates on October 04, 2011
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial
banks in Colombo for Telegraphic Transfers (TT) at 9.30 am are as follow:
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
US Dollar 109.42 111.06
Sterling Pound 168.37 172.28
Euro 143.56 147.51
Swiss Franc 117.94 121.75
Canadian Dollar 103.10 106.18
Australian Dollar 103.19 106.63
Singapore Dollar 82.61 84.98
Japanese Yen 1.4172 1.4605
(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 292.30
Kuwait Dinar 398.33
Oman Rial 285.45
Qatar Riyal 30.26
Saudi Arabia Riyal 29.38
UAE Dirham 30.00
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the Lowest
Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended 30th September 2011 by all
commercial banks was 9.13 percent and 7.50 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks
for the month of September, 2011 was 6.48 percent.
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