Exchange Rates on 11.05.2012

(1)  The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks in
 Colombo for Telegraphic Transfers (TT) at 9.30 a.m. are as follows:

Currency	    			Buying Rate	Selling Rate
U.S. Dollar				125.58		129.63
Sterling Pound			202.21		209.18
Euro				161.60		168.09
Swiss Franc			134.30		140.35
Canadian Dollar			124.45		129.78
Australian Dollar			125.62		131.31
Singapore Dollar			99.86		103.98
Japanese Yen			1.5655		1.6328

(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		338.84
Kuwait				Dinar		458.93
Oman				Rial		330.90
Qatar				Riyal		35.08
Saudi Arabia			Riyal		34.06
UAE				Dirham		34.78

(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the Lowest Prime Rate
 (LPR) during the week ended 04th May, 2012 by all commercial banks was 13.04
 percent and 10.13 percent respectively.

(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks, for the month
 of April, 2012 was 8.33 percent.