Exchange Rates on 28.02.2012
(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 119.67 122.94
Sterling Pound 188.91 195.36
Euro 159.59 165.72
Swiss Franc 132.14 137.90
Canadian Dollar 119.16 124.07
Australian Dollar 127.81 133.39
Singapore Dollar 94.78 98.55
Japanese Yen 1.4821 1.5434
(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 319.88
Kuwait Dinar 434.96
Oman Rial 313.23
Qatar Riyal 33.12
Saudi Arabia Riyal 32.15
UAE Dirham 32.83
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR) and the Lowest Prime
Rate (LPR) during the week ended 24th February, 2012 by all commercial
banks was 11.95 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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