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The average rates of the following currencies quoted by
commercial banks in Colombo for Telegraphic Transfers
(TT) at 9.30 a.m. are as follows:
Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate
U.S. Dollar 107.41 108.62
Sterling Pound 185.47 188.64
EURO 143.79 146.61
Swiss Franc 93.96 96.33
Canadian Dollar 90.12 92.52
Australian Dollar 74.02 76.03
Singapore Dollar 72.35 73.77
Japanese Yen 1.0520 1.0762
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 286.44
Kuwait Dinar 404.20
Oman Rial 280.52
Qatar Riyal 29.66
Saudi Arabia Riyal 28.69
UAE Dirham 29.41
The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR) and the Lowest
Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended 17th October, 2008 by all
commercial banks was 19.79 per cent and 15.25 per cent respectively.
The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of the commercial banks,
for the month of September 2008 was 11.03 per cent.
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