Exchange Rates on February 14, 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 117.08 119.40
Sterling Pound 183.30 188.31
Euro 153.21 157.97
Swiss Franc 126.78 130.91
Canadian Dollar 116.29 119.87
Australian Dollar 124.32 128.49
Singapore Dollar 92.33 95.22
Japanese Yen 1.5003 1.5470
(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 307.98
Kuwait Dinar 418.79
Oman Rial 300.76
Qatar Riyal 31.89
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.96
UAE Dirham 31.61
(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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