/IRBIS, Raushan Tundybayeva, June 18, 08/ - Below are cross-rates of foreign currencies, officially quoted in Kazakhstan, relative to Kazakhstan tenge. The rates were fixed at 3:00 p.m. of Almaty time (ALT) on June 18, 2008.

The given trends show the difference relative to corresponding values of the previous day, which have been calculated by similar methods.

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                                             Cross-rate,
                                KZT per unit of currency         Rate in
Index of                        ------------------------  currency units
currency  Currency                     value       trend       for 1 USD
--------  --------------------  ------------  ----------  --------------
AUD       Australian dollar           113.57       +0.01          1.0621
GBP       English pound               235.59       -1.04          0.5120
DKK       Danish crown                 25.04       -0.05          4.8180
AED       Dirham of UAE                32.84       -0.03          3.6728
EUR       EURO                        186.69       -0.40          0.6462
CAD       Canadian dollar             118.35       -0.02          1.0193
KWD       Kuwaiti dinar               453.62       -0.51          0.2659
NOK       Norwegian crown              23.22       -0.11          5.1945
SAR       Real of Saudi Arabia         32.17       -0.02          3.7499
SGD       Singaporean dollar           88.08       -0.22          1.3696
TRL       Turkish lira                 98.75       +0.89          1.2216
SEK       Sweden crown                 19.90       -0.10          6.0606
CHF       Swedish frank               115.42       -0.37          1.0451
KRW       South-Korean won            0.1171           0       1029.7500
JPY       Japanese yen                1.1142           0        108.2700
CNY       Chinese yuan                 17.53       +0.01          6.8820
SD        SDR*                        152.27       -0.11          0.7922
SOM       Kirgiz som**                  3.34           0         36.1493
LVL       Latvian lat                 265.24       -0.08          0.4548
LTL       Lithuanian lit               54.09       -0.11          2.2302
MDL       Moldavian lei                12.11       +0.02          9.9600
RUB       Russian rouble                5.10       -0.01         23.6620
UAK       Ukrainian griven             25.72       +0.07          4.6900
EEK       Estonian crown               11.94       -0.02         10.1016
--------  --------------------  ------------  ----------  --------------
KZT       US dollar (KASE)            120.63       -0.09
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Foreign currencies' cross-rates relative to Kazakhstan tenge were calculated based on the weighted average USD rate at KASE main session and foreign currencies' rates relative to USD, published in the information system REUTERS ("QRIC=Х").

* Cross-rates of SDR were calculated based on the rate of SDR relative to US dollar of the previous day (RIC - "NYME");

**Cross-rate of the Kyrgyz som was calculated by the official rate of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (RIC - "KGSFIX=").

The source of information - REUTERS

[2008-06-18]