Saturday Aug 08, 2009
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks in Colombo.

Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate

U.S. Dollar 114.03 115.72
Sterling Pound 190.72 194.50
EURO 163.15 166.68
Swiss Franc 106.64 109.15
Canadian Dollar 105.41 107.91
Australian Dollar 95.05 97.48
Singapore Dollar 79.11 80.89
Japanese Yen 1.1919 1.2206

(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 400.79
Oman Rial 298.45
Qatar Riyal 31.55
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 July 31, 2009 by all commercial banks
were 14.41 percent and 11.15 percent respectively.

(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks
for the month of July, 2009 was 10.98 percent.