/IRBIS, December 23, 09/ - Below, 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 December 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          129.93       -0.89        1.1423
GBP      English pound              236.72       -1.46        0.6270
DKK      Danish crown                28.44       -0.13        5.2189
AED      Dirham of UAE               40.41       -0.02        3.6729
EUR      EURO                       211.56       -1.03        0.7016
CAD      Canadian dollar            140.63       +0.30        1.0554
KWD      Kuwaiti dinar              516.96       -0.64        0.2871
NOK      Norwegian crown             25.26       -0.14        5.8756
SAR      Real of Saudi Arabia        39.57       -0.02        3.7504
SGD      Singaporean dollar         105.18       -0.53        1.4111
TRL      Turkish lira                97.39       -0.05        1.5240
SEK      Sweden crown                20.23       -0.19        7.3356
CHF      Swedish frank              141.54       -0.44        1.0486
KRW      South-Korean won             0.13           0     1182.6500
JPY      Japanese yen               1.6177       -0.01       91.7500
CNY      Chinese yuan                21.74       -0.01        6.8282
SD       SDR*                        187.4       -0.10        0.7922
SOM      Kirgiz som**                 3.37           0       44.0297
LVL      Latvian lat                299.05       -1.74        0.4963
LTL      Lithuanian lit              61.29       -0.29        2.4217
MDL      Moldavian lei               12.15       +0.04       12.2200
RUR      Russian rouble               4.86           0       30.5117
UAK      Ukrainian griven            18.63           0        7.9650
EEK      Estonian crown              13.52       -0.07       10.9760
-------- -------------------- ------------ ----------- -------------
USD      US dollar (KASE)           148.42       -0.08
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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.

[2009-12-23]