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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kotiyagoda Sunil" data-source="post: 23816854" data-attributes="member: 568071">Sri Lankan rupee down to record low amidst political crisisWritten by Reuters     30 Oct, 2018    | 10:17 AMShare:    Reuters – The Sri Lankan rupee slumped to a record low on Monday (October 29) as growing political turmoil sparked buying of U.S. dollars by importers. Stocks hit a nearly six-week closing high on retail investor buying, but foreign investors exited after President Maithripala Sirisena sacked the prime minister unexpectedly and swore in the former president.The rupee dropped to a record low of 174.30 per dollar on Monday, surpassing the earlier record of 173.08 hit on Friday. The rupee ended at 173.75/90 per dollar on Monday, compared with its previous close of 173.05/20.  The rupee weakened 2.8% so far this month after a 4.7 percent drop in September against the dollar. It dropped 13.2 percent so far this year.</blockquote>

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