/IRBIS, Nadezhda Chipirova, February 23, 09/ - 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 February 23, 2009.

The given trends show the difference relative to the 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 unit
currency Currency                    value       trend      for 1USD
-------- -------------------- ------------ ----------- -------------
AUD      Australian dollar           97.58       +1.34        1.5373
GBP      English pound              217.94       +3.61        0.6883
DKK      Danish crown                25.92       +0.64        5.7871
AED      Dirham of UAE               40.84       +0.27        3.6729
EUR      EURO                       193.05       +4.67        0.7770
CAD      Canadian dollar            120.41       +1.61        1.2457
KWD      Kuwaiti dinar              515.29       +7.62        0.2911
NOK      Norwegian crown             22.10       +0.77        6.7863
SAR      Real of Saudi Arabia        40.00       +0.27        3.7504
SGD      Singaporean dollar          98.40       +0.73        1.5244
TRL      Turkish lira                88.92       +0.60        1.6870
SEK      Sweden crown                17.30       +0.04        8.6693
CHF      Swedish frank              129.56       +2.75        1.1578
KRW      South-Korean won             0.10           0     1490.5000
JPY      Japanese yen                 1.59           0       94.1300
CNY      Chinese yuan                21.93       +0.14        6.8385
SD       SDR*                       189.35       +1.26        0.7922
SOM      Kirgiz som**                 3.67       +0.03       40.9251
LVL      Latvian lat                273.37       +6.92        0.5487
LTL      Lithuanian lit              55.90       +1.32        2.6834
MDL      Moldavian lei               14.12       +0.12       10.6200
RUR      Russian rouble               4.18       +0.04       35.8595
UAK      Ukrainian griven            17.96       -0.03        8.3500
EEK      Estonian crown              12.34       +0.30       12.1544
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USD      US dollar (KASE)           150.00       +1.00
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Foreign currencies' cross-rates relative to Kazakhstan tenge were calculated based on the weighted average USD rate formed at the 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 is REUTERS.

[2009-02-23]