Exchange Rates on January 13, 2012

 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		172.72		176.95
Euro			143.95		148.10
Swiss Franc		118.66		122.65
Canadian Dollar		110.14		113.60
Australian Dollar		115.67		119.59
Singapore Dollar		87.15		89.76
Japanese Yen		1.4620		1.5085

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		302.11
Kuwait			Dinar		407.95
Oman			Rial		295.04
Qatar			Riyal		31.28
Saudi Arabia		Riyal		30.37
UAE			Dirham		31.01

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.

The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for the month
 of December, 2011 was 7.24 percent.