Tuesday Sep 08, 2009
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks in Colombo:

Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate

U.S. Dollar 113.99 115.66
Sterling Pound 186.35 190.02
Euro 162.75 166.25
Swiss Franc 107.17 109.67
Canadian Dollar 104.57 107.06
Australian Dollar 96.61 99.05
Singapore Dollar 79.25 81.03
Japanese Yen 1.2194 1.2484

(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 304.54
Kuwait Dinar 399.54
Oman Rial 298.21
Qatar Riyal 31.53
Saudi Arabia Riyal 30.61
UAE Dirham 31.26

(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPLR) and the Lowest Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended
Sep 03rd, 2009 by all commercial banks were 13.23 percent and 10.00 percent respectively.

(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for the
month of Augu, 2009 was 10.84 percent.