Exchange Rates on January 26, 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 176.28 180.59
Euro 147.17 151.40
Swiss Franc 121.56 125.65
Canadian Dollar 111.77 115.28
Australian Dollar 118.84 112.84
Singapore Dollar 89.17 91.86
Japanese Yen 1.4435 1.4893
(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 302.11
Kuwait Dinar 409.63
Oman Rial 295.73
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 20th January, 2011
by all commercial banks was 11.64 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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