Exchange Rates on February 09, 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 113.44 115.31
Sterling Pound 178.67 183.03
Euro 149.41 153.70
Swiss Franc 123.20 127.36
Canadian Dollar 112.97 116.53
Australian Dollar 121.17 125.24
Singapore Dollar 90.46 93.19
Japanese Yen 1.4606 1.5071
(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 309.19
Kuwait Dinar 412.14
Oman Rial 296.90
Qatar Riyal 31.39
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.48
UAE Dirham 31.12
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR) and the Lowest Prime Rate (LPR)
during the week ended 03rd February, 2012 by all commercial banks was 11.54 percent
and 7.50 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for the month of
January, 2012 was 7.35 percent.’
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