Exchange Rates on 23.05.2012
(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 	127.78 		131.46
Sterling Pound 	201.09 		207.58
Euro 		161.27 		167.18
Swiss Franc 	134.05 		139.60
Canadian Dollar 	124.42 		129.30
Australian Dollar 	124.10 		129.29
Singapore Dollar 	99.83 		103.63
Japanese Yen 	1.5938 		1.6566
(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 		344.40
Kuwait 		Dinar 		464.68
Oman 		Rial 		336.41
Qatar 		Riyal 		35.66
Saudi 		Arabia Riyal 	34.62
UAE 		Dirham 		35.35
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and
the Lowest Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended 18th
May, 2012 by all commercial banks was 13.27 percent and
9.50 percent respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial
banks, for the month of April, 2012 was 8.33 percent.