Exchange Rates on January 11, 2012
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks
in Colombo for Telegraphic Transfers (TT) at 9.30 am are as follows:
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
US Dollar 113.01 114.88
Sterling Pound 174.02 178.29
Euro 143.13 147.26
Swiss Franc 117.80 121.75
Canadian Dollar 110.22 113.68
Australian Dollar 115.22 119.14
Singapore Dollar 86.85 89.45
Japanese Yen 1.4595 1.5061
(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 302.12
Kuwait Dinar 407.72
Oman Rial 295.04
Qatar Riyal 31.28
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.37
UAE Dirham 31.01
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR) and the Lowest
Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended 06th January, 2011 by all
commercial banks was 11.00 percent and 7.50 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for
the month of December, 2011 was 7.24 percent.
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