/IRBIS, Nadezhda Chipirova, May 25, 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 May 25, 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          116.93       -0.36        1.2834
GBP      English pound              238.09       +0.28        0.6303
DKK      Danish crown                28.19       +0.01        5.3241
AED      Dirham of UAE               40.86       -0.06        3.6725
EUR      EURO                       209.84       +0.10        0.7152
CAD      Canadian dollar            133.27       +0.57        1.1261
KWD      Kuwaiti dinar              521.62       +0.27        0.2877
NOK      Norwegian crown             23.67       +0.14        6.3401
SAR      Real of Saudi Arabia        40.02       -0.06        3.7499
SGD      Singaporean dollar         103.66       -0.30        1.4477
TRL      Turkish lira                97.09       -0.81        1.5456
SEK      Sweden crown                20.03       +0.02        7.4910
CHF      Swedish frank              138.22       +0.13        1.0857
KRW      South-Korean won             0.12           0     1248.5000
JPY      Japanese yen               1.5803       -0.02       94.9600
CNY      Chinese yuan                21.99       -0.03        6.8230
SD       SDR*                        189.4       -0.29        0.7922
SOM      Kirgiz som**                 3.48           0       43.1628
LVL      Latvian lat                296.17       -0.10        0.5067
LTL      Lithuanian lit              60.79       +0.04        2.4688
MDL      Moldavian lei               13.40       -0.04       11.2000
RUR      Russian rouble               4.82           0       31.1101
UAK      Ukrainian griven            19.75           0        7.6000
EEK      Estonian crown              13.41       +0.01       11.1885
-------- -------------------- ------------ ----------- -------------
USD      US dollar (KASE)           150.07       -0.23
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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.

[2009-05-25]