/IRBIS, Natalya Khoroshevskaya, October 16, 06/ - For October 16, 2006 the National Bank of Kazakhstan has established the rates of tenge to foreign currencies as follows:

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                                           Rate for        Rate for
Code  Units  Currency                October 14, 06  October 13, 06  Trend
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AUD     1    Australian dollar                96.09           95.60  +0.49
GBP     1    English pound sterling          237.81          237.37  +0.44
BYR     1    Byelorussian rouble               0.06            0.06      0
DKK     1    Danish crown                     21.52           21.52      0
AED     1    Dirham of UAE                    34.78           34.79  -0.01
USD     1    US dollar                       127.76          127.76      0
EUR     1    EURO                            160.40          160.38  +0.02
CAD     1    Canadian dollar                 112.76          112.56  +0.20
CNY     1    Chinese yuan                     16.17           16.15  +0.02
KWD     1    Kuwaiti dinar                   441.85          441.83  +0.02
SOM     1    Kirgiz som                        3.27            3.26  +0.01
LVL     1    Latvian lat                     230.57          230.57      0
LTL     1    Lithuanian lit                   46.47           46.47      0
MDL     1    Moldavian lei                     9.65            9.68  -0.03
NOK     1    Norwegian crown                  18.99           19.04  -0.05
PLN     1    Polish zloty                     41.22           41.00  +0.22
SAR     1    Real of Saudi Arabia             34.07           34.06  +0.01
RUB     1    Russian rouble                    4.74            4.74      0
SDR     1    SDR                             187.49          187.59  -0.10
SGD     1    Singaporean dollar               80.70           80.52  +0.18
TRY     1    Turkish lira                     86.85           85.74  +1.11
UZS     1    Uzbek sum                         0.10            0.10      0
UAH     1    Ukrainian grivna                 25.45           25.42  +0.03
SEK     1    Sweden crown                     17.33           17.39  -0.06
CHF     1    Swiss frank                     100.70          100.75  -0.05
EEK     1    Estonian crown                   10.25           10.25      0
ZAP     1    South-African rand               16.94           16.79  +0.15
KRW    100   South-Korean wons                13.38           13.34  +0.04
JPY    10    Japanese yens                    10.71           10.70  +0.01
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The rates shown are set without obligation of the National Bank of Kazakhstan to sell or to purchase foreign currency at the mentioned rates.

[2006-10-16]