/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, October 22, 08/ - As of October 22, 2008 the National Bank of Kazakhstan set the following official rates of tenge to foreign currencies:

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                                   Rate as on     Rate as on
Code Units Currency               Oct. 22, 08 October 21, 08 Trend
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AUD    1   Australian dollar            82.17          84.07 -1.90
GBP    1   English pound sterling      204.21         209.14 -4.93
BYR    1   Byelorussian rouble           0.06           0.06     0
DKK    1   Danish crown                 21.26          21.67 -0.41
AED    1   Dirham of UAE                32.61          32.61     0
USD    1   US dollar                   119.76         119.76     0
EUR    1   EURO                        158.44         161.47 -3.03
CAD    1   Canadian dollar              99.94         101.75 -1.81
CNY    1   Chinese yuan                 17.53          17.54 -0.01
KWD    1   Kuwaiti dinar               447.87         446.03 +1.84
SOM    1   Kirgiz som                    3.45           3.45     0
LVL    1   Latvian lat                 223.56         227.94 -4.38
LTL    1   Lithuanian lit               45.90          46.79 -0.89
MDL    1   Moldavian lei                11.65          11.63 +0.02
NOK    1   Norwegian crown              17.88          18.39 -0.51
PLN    1   Polish zloty                 44.13          45.46 -1.33
SAR    1   Real of Saudi Arabia         31.89          31.85 +0.04
RUB    1   Russian rouble                4.52           4.59 -0.07
SDR    1   SDR                         182.13         182.05 +0.08
SGD    1   Singaporean dollar           80.87          81.15 -0.28
TRY    1   Turkish lira                 78.55          80.27 -1.72
UZS    1   Uzbek sum                     0.09           0.09     0
UAH    1   Ukrainian grivna             21.74          22.30 -0.56
SEK    1   Sweden crown                 15.96          16.36 -0.40
CHF    1   Swiss frank                 103.83         105.44 -1.61
EEK    1   Estonian crown               10.13          10.32 -0.19
ZAP    1   South-African rand           11.71          11.95 -0.24
KRW   100  South-Korean wons             9.08           9.11 -0.03
JPY   10   Japanese yens                11.84          11.74 +0.10
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The rates are set without obligation of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan to sell or purchase foreign currency at the indicated rates.

[2008-10-22]