Exchange Rates on January 27, 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		176.51		180.83
Euro			147.18		151.41
Swiss Franc		121.66		125.76
Canadian Dollar		111.92		115.45
Australian Dollar		119.01		123.03
Singapore Dollar		89.26		91.94
Japanese Yen		1.4527		1.4988

(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		410.01
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 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.