/IRBIS, Natalya Khoroshevskaya, December 25, 06/ - For December 23-25, 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                December 23, 06  December 22, 06  Trend
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AUD     1    Australian dollar                100.72           100.53  +0.19
GBP     1    English pound sterling           251.62           251.96  -0.34
BYR     1    Byelorussian rouble                0.06             0.06      0
DKK     1    Danish crown                      22.67            22.67      0
AED     1    Dirham of UAE                     34.85            34.84  +0.01
USD     1    US dollar                        127.99           127.95  +0.04
EUR     1    EURO                             169.02           168.96  +0.06
CAD     1    Canadian dollar                  110.87           111.66  -0.79
CNY     1    Chinese yuan                      16.38            16.37  +0.01
KWD     1    Kuwaiti dinar                    442.73           442.58  +0.15
SOM     1    Kirgiz som                         3.33             3.33      0
LVL     1    Latvian lat                      242.50           242.33  +0.17
LTL     1    Lithuanian lit                    48.95            48.95      0
MDL     1    Moldavian lei                      9.98             9.98      0
NOK     1    Norwegian crown                   20.72            20.78  -0.06
PLN     1    Polish zloty                      44.35            44.50  -0.15
SAR     1    Real of Saudi Arabia              34.13            34.12  +0.01
RUB     1    Russian rouble                     4.87             4.87      0
SDR     1    SDR                              192.66           192.92  -0.26
SGD     1    Singaporean dollar                83.14            83.07  +0.07
TRY     1    Turkish lira                      89.75            89.70  +0.05
UZS     1    Uzbek sum                          0.10             0.10      0
UAH     1    Ukrainian grivna                  25.58            25.51  +0.07
SEK     1    Sweden crown                      18.84            18.81  +0.03
CHF     1    Swiss frank                      105.47           105.34  +0.13
EEK     1    Estonian crown                    10.81            10.80  +0.01
ZAP     1    South-African rand                18.28            18.45  -0.17
KRW    100   South-Korean wons                 13.79            13.80  -0.01
JPY    10    Japanese yens                     10.81            10.82  -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.

[2006-12-25]