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Exchange Rates on 27th August ‘09

The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks in Colombo:

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Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate

U.S. Dollar 114.09 115.58
Sterling Pound 184.79 188.10
Euro 162.07 165.11
Swiss Franc 106.08 108.92
Canadian Dollar 103.27 106.04
Australian Dollar 93.89 96.07
Singapore Dollar 78.68 80.28
Japanese Yen 1.2110 1.2373

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 399.76
Oman Rial 298.19
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.


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