Exchange Rates on 23.06.2009
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by
commercial banks in Colombo.
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
U.S. Dollar 114.09 115.77
Sterling Pound 185.26 189.03
EURO 157.33 160.89
Swiss Franc 104.18 107.34
Canadian Dollar 98.04 101.03
Australian Dollar 88.61 91.22
Singapore Dollar 77.76 79.62
Japanese Yen 1.1931 1.2234
(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 304.80
Kuwait Dinar 398.71
Oman Rial 298.45
Qatar Riyal 31.57
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.64
UAE Dirham 31.28
(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the
Lowest Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended June 5th 2009 by
all commercial banks were 16.71 percent and 11.27 percent
respectively.
(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial
banks for the month of May, 2009 was 11.43 percent.
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