/IRBIS, Nadezhda Chipirova, September 17, 09/ - Below are cross-rates of foreign currencies, officially quoted in Kazakhstan, relative to KTZ. The rates were fixed at 3:00 p.m. of Almaty time (ALT) on September 17, 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          132.02       +0.49        1.1431
GBP      English pound              249.27       +0.07        0.6054
DKK      Danish crown                29.88       +0.08        5.0508
AED      Dirham of UAE               41.09       -0.01        3.6728
EUR      EURO                       222.29       +0.53        0.6789
CAD      Canadian dollar            141.99       +0.50        1.0628
KWD      Kuwaiti dinar              527.68       -0.09        0.2860
NOK      Norwegian crown             25.83       +0.05        5.8415
SAR      Real of Saudi Arabia        40.24       -0.01        3.7500
SGD      Singaporean dollar         106.83       -0.05        1.4126
TRL      Turkish lira               102.62       +0.42        1.4706
SEK      Sweden crown                22.02       +0.15        6.8527
CHF      Swedish frank              146.36       +0.34        1.0311
KRW      South-Korean won             0.13           0     1203.8500
JPY      Japanese yen               1.6635       -0.01       90.7200
CNY      Chinese yuan                22.11       -0.01        6.8258
SD       SDR*                        190.5       -0.04        0.7922
SOM      Kirgiz som**                 3.41           0       44.2486
LVL      Latvian lat                316.64       +0.47        0.4766
LTL      Lithuanian lit              64.40       +0.17        2.3435
MDL      Moldavian lei               13.52       -0.03       11.1625
RUR      Russian rouble               4.98       +0.04       30.3191
UAK      Ukrainian griven            17.86       +0.10        8.4500
EEK      Estonian crown              14.21       +0.04       10.6195
-------- -------------------- ------------ ----------- -------------
USD      US dollar (KASE)           150.91       -0.03
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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.

[2009-09-17]