Friday Sep 25, 2009
(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks in Colombo:

Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate

U.S. Dollar 114.05 115.58
Sterling Pound 181.36 184.98
Euro 166.42 170.03
Swiss Franc 109.85 113.15
Canadian Dollar 103.81 106.93
Australian Dollar 97.90 100.60
Singapore Dollar 80.07 81.93
Japanese Yen 1.2460 1.2828

(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 304.53
Kuwait Dinar 400.41
Oman Rial 298.18
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 18th Sep, 2009
by all commercial banks were 12.96 percent and 10.50 percent respectively.

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