Tuesday Aug 25, 2009
The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks in Colombo:

Currency                 Buying Rate Selling Rate

U.S. Dollar 114.06 115.63
Sterling Pound 188.08 191.50
Euro 163.01 166.32
Swiss Franc 107.28 109.67
Canadian Dollar 105.26 107.64
Australian Dollar 95.24 97.56
Singapore Dollar 79.06 80.71
Japanese Yen 1.1996 1.2266


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 304.53
Kuwait Dinar 400.28
Oman Rial 298.18
Qatar Riyal 31.53
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.61
UAE Dirham 31.26


The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the Lowest Prime Rate (LPR) during
the week ended Aug 21st, 2009 by all commercial banks were 13.99 percent and 10.56 percent respectively.

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