Exchange Rates on February 17, 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 117.56 120.54
Sterling Pound 185.23 191.18
Euro 153.50 159.09
Swiss Franc 126.94 132.20
Canadian Dollar 117.25 121.86
Australian Dollar 125.80 131.01
Singapore Dollar 92.62 96.13
Japanese Yen 1.4780 1.5362
(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 316.64
Kuwait Dinar 429.65
Oman Rial 310.05
Qatar Riyal 32.78
Saudi Arabia Riyal 31.83
UAE Dirham 32.50
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR) and the Lowest Prime Rate
(LPR) during the week ended 09th February, 2012 by all commercial banks was 11.72
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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