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Press Release
Issued By Date

International Operations Department 2011/10/25

(1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial banks in Colombo for Telegraphic Transfers (TT) at 9.30 a.m. are as follow.

Currency

Buying Rate

Selling Rate

U.S.Dollar Sterling Pound Euro Swiss Franc Canadian Dollar Australian Dollar Singapore Dollar Japanese Yen

109.42 174.36 151.33 123.26 108.30 113.62 86.15 1.4277

111.05 178.37 155.44 127.27 111.55 117.33 88.61 1.4713

(2) The approximate exchange rates of GULF Currencies based on previous day's market weighted average rate for the US$ are as follow. Country Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE Currency Dinar Dinar Rial Riyal Riyal Dirham Indicative Rate 292.30 400.63 286.22 30.27 29.38 30.00

(3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate ( AWPR) and the Lowest Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended 21st October, 2011 by all commercial banks was 9.21 percent and 7.50 percent respectively.

(4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks for the month of September, 2011 was 6.48 percent.