/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, March 30, 09/ - As of March 31, 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               March 31. 09 March 30. 09 Trend
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AUD    1   Australian dollar            102.80       105.70 -2.90
GBP    1   English pound sterling       214.28       218.08 -3.80
BYR    1   Byelorussian rouble            0.05         0.05     0
DKK    1   Danish crown                  26.82        27.52 -0.70
AED    1   Dirham of UAE                 41.22        41.21 +0.01
USD    1   US dollar                    151.40       151.35 +0.05
EUR    1   EURO                         199.73       205.02 -5.29
CAD    1   Canadian dollar              121.01       122.97 -1.96
CNY    1   Chinese yuan                  22.15        22.15     0
KWD    1   Kuwaiti dinar                519.74       522.62 -2.88
KGS    1   Kirgiz som                     3.56         3.56     0
LVL    1   Latvian lat                  281.83       289.22 -7.39
LTL    1   Lithuanian lit                55.14        59.39 -4.25
MDL    1   Moldavian lei                 13.84        13.82 +0.02
NOK    1   Norwegian crown               22.52        23.34 -0.82
PLN    1   Polish zloty                  42.39        44.70 -2.31
SAR    1   Real of Saudi Arabia          40.37        40.36 +0.01
RUB    1   Russian rouble                 4.44         4.53 -0.09
SDR    1   SDR                          226.43       228.34 -1.91
SGD    1   Singaporean dollar            99.56       100.38 -0.82
TRY    1   Turkish lira                  89.51        91.10 -1.59
UZS    1   Uzbek sum                      0.11         0.11     0
UAH    1   Ukrainian grivna              18.93        18.92 +0.01
SEK    1   Sweden crown                  18.24        19.02 -0.78
CHF    1   Swiss frank                  131.81       134.12 -2.31
EEK    1   Estonian crown                12.77        13.11 -0.34
ZAP    1   South-African rand            15.60        15.99 -0.39
KRW   100  South-Korean wons             10.88        11.23 -0.35
JPY    1   Japanese yens                  1.57         1.54 +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.

[2009-03-30]