Sri Lankan Rupee appreciates significantly

April, 19, 2021

The Sri Lankan Rupee has further appreciated against the US Dollar with the buying rate of the dollar dropping to Rs. 187.93 on Monday (19), according to Central Bank’s daily exchange rates.

The selling rate of the US dollar has meanwhile reached Rs. 191.97 while this is the first time the selling rate has dropped below the 200-mark since March 15, 2021.

This is also the lowest selling rate of the US dollar recorded after January 08, 2021.

The selling rate of the US dollar had reached the highest figure in the country’s history on April 15 when it climbed to 204.62 while it had dropped back to 201.28 the following day.

According to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, as of April 16 the Sri Lankan Rupee has depreciated by 6.8% against the US Dollar so far this year.

 

United States Dollar

Date Buy Rate (LKR) Sell Rate (LKR)
2021-04-19 187.9300 191.9700
2021-04-16 195.7200 201.2800
2021-04-15 199.8080 204.6280
2021-04-12 199.1500 203.7300
2021-04-09 199.0400 203.5900
2021-04-08 199.2100 203.5000
2021-04-07 198.5600 202.8800
2021-04-06 198.0000 202.7000
2021-04-05 197.2500 201.9500
2021-04-01 197.0000 202.1000
2021-03-31 197.6200 202.0400
2021-03-30 196.8300 201.9300
2021-03-29 197.2800 201.7700
2021-03-26 196.7200 201.6000
2021-03-25 196.4100 201.0100
2021-03-24 196.9248 201.1935
2021-03-23 196.3948 200.8635
2021-03-22 195.3773 200.0401
2021-03-19 195.2800 200.1900
2021-03-18 195.3045 201.5005
2021-03-17 197.5800 201.7500
2021-03-16 195.2800 200.0600
2021-03-15 194.4280 198.9640
2021-03-12 194.4440 198.8740
2021-03-10 194.3740 198.6620
2021-03-09 194.3540 198.6820
2021-03-08 194.0460 198.5760
2021-03-05 194.0100 198.3400
2021-03-04 193.9400 198.2700
2021-03-03 193.9900 198.3200
2021-03-02 192.4900 197.3200
2021-03-01 192.0100 197.0500
2021-02-25 192.8800 196.6200
2021-02-24 192.0000 196.4000
2021-02-23 191.1900 195.9300
2021-02-22 193.1300 197.5300
2021-02-19 193.5800 198.5800
2021-02-18 193.3913 198.3847
2021-02-17 193.6565 198.9485
2021-02-16 193.2575 197.9775
2021-02-15 192.7900 197.0300
2021-02-12 191.2395 196.3655
2021-02-11 193.5370 198.6680
2021-02-10 192.2300 197.4500
2021-02-09 192.5700 196.8100
2021-02-08 191.9670 196.5069
2021-02-05 191.5900 196.0300
2021-02-03 192.3200 197.6200
2021-02-02 190.4000 195.5000
2021-02-01 188.6300 193.1700
2021-01-29 189.6615 194.4435
2021-01-27 193.1921 198.2435
2021-01-26 192.4000 198.8000
2021-01-25 194.1900 199.6500
2021-01-22 194.3125 199.1875
2021-01-21 193.1600 197.6800
2021-01-20 192.8513 198.2647
2021-01-19 190.8900 196.0500
2021-01-18 191.6475 196.0262
2021-01-15 190.7700 196.0500
2021-01-13 190.3300 194.0700
2021-01-12 188.4900 193.6500
2021-01-11 188.0500 192.4700
2021-01-08 186.2800 190.9800
2021-01-07 187.1000 191.7700
2021-01-06 187.5400 191.9600
2021-01-05 187.6000 191.9000
2021-01-04 184.8200 189.8800
2021-01-01 184.9800 189.8000