/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, January 9, 09/ - As of January 9, 2009 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               Jan. 9, 09 Jan. 8, 09 Trend
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AUD    1   Australian dollar           84.58      85.63 -1.05
GBP    1   English pound sterling     182.13     177.58 +4.55
BYR    1   Byelorussian rouble          0.05       0.05     0
DKK    1   Danish crown                22.02      21.79 +0.23
AED    1   Dirham of UAE               32.94      32.93 +0.01
USD    1   US dollar                  120.99     120.95 +0.04
EUR    1   EURO                       164.04     162.34 +1.70
CAD    1   Canadian dollar            100.36     101.09 -0.73
CNY    1   Chinese yuan                17.70      17.69 +0.01
KWD    1   Kuwaiti dinar              430.42     428.90 +1.52
SOM    1   Kirgiz som                   3.06       3.06     0
LVL    1   Latvian lat                232.23     229.86 +2.37
LTL    1   Lithuanian lit              47.52      47.04 +0.48
MDL    1   Moldavian lei               11.71      11.71     0
NOK    1   Norwegian crown             17.22      17.24 -0.02
PLN    1   Polish zloty                40.68      40.14 +0.54
SAR    1   Real of Saudi Arabia        32.26      32.25 +0.01
RUB    1   Russian rouble               4.15       4.15     0
SDR    1   SDR                        184.24     183.77 +0.47
SGD    1   Singaporean dollar          81.65      81.90 -0.25
TRY    1   Turkish lira                78.25      79.31 -1.06
UZS    1   Uzbek sum                    0.09       0.09     0
UAH    1   Ukrainian grivna            14.75      15.21 -0.46
SEK    1   Sweden crown                15.31      15.22 +0.09
CHF    1   Swiss frank                109.61     108.17 +1.44
EEK    1   Estonian crown              10.49      10.38 +0.11
ZAP    1   South-African rand          12.54      12.84 -0.30
KRW   100  South-Korean wons            9.08       9.25 -0.17
JPY    1   Japanese yens                1.32       1.29 +0.03
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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.

[2009-01-09]