/IRBIS, Zaure Yessimova, October 5, 05/ - Below are cross-rates of foreign currencies, which are officially quoted in Kazakhstan, relative to Kazakhstan tenge. Crosses have been fixed at 3:00 p.m. of Almaty time (ALT) on October 5 of 2005.

The given trends reflect difference as regards corresponding values of the previous day, which had been calculated by similar methods.

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                                             Cross-rate,
                                KZT per unit of currency         Rate in
Index of  Currency              ------------------------  currency units
Currency                               value       trend       for 1 USD
--------  --------------------  ------------  ----------  --------------
AUD       Australian dollar           101.54       -0.44          1.3163
GBP       English pound               236.03       +1.24          0.5663
DKK       Danish crown                 21.43       +0.06          6.2367
AED       Dirham of UAE                36.39       -0.01          3.6727
EUR       EURO                        159.87       +0.42          0.8361
CAD       Canadian dollar             114.01       -0.47          1.1724
KWD       Kuwaiti dinar               457.90       -0.02          0.2919
NOK       Norwegian crown              20.28       +0.02          6.5920
SAR       Real of Saudi Arabia         35.63        0.00          3.7518
SGD       Singaporean dollar           79.03       +0.12          1.6913
TRL       Turkish lira                 99.12       -1.08          1.3485
SEK       Sweden crown                 17.19       +0.07          7.7759
CHF       Swedish frank               103.09       +0.24          1.2965
KRW       South-Korean won            0.1286        0.00       1039.1000
JPY       Japanese yen                1.1763       +0.01        113.6300
CNY       Chinese yuan                 16.55        0.00          8.0768
SD        SDR*                        168.72       -0.01          0.7922
SOM       Kirgiz som**                  3.25        0.00         41.0685
LVL       Latvian lat                 229.77       +0.65          0.5817
LTL       Lithuanian lit               46.31       +0.10          2.8860
MDL       Moldavian lei                10.65        0.00         12.5500
RUB       Russian rouble                4.67       +0.01         28.5950
UAK       Ukrainian griven             26.42       +0.02          5.0600
EEK       Estonian crown               10.22       +0.03         13.0803
--------  --------------------  ------------  ----------  --------------
KZT       US dollar (KASE)            133.66       -0.01
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Calculation of foreign currencies' cross-rates relative to Kazakhstan tenge was made on the basis of weighted average US dollar's rate at KASE's main session and foreign currencies' rates relative to US dollar, which were published in the information system REUTERS (RIC - "FX=").

* Cross-rate of SDR has been calculated on the basis of the rate of SDR relative to US dollar of the previous day (RIC - "NYME=").

** Cross-rate of Kyrgyz som has been calculated on the official rate of the National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic (RIC - "NBKRFIX=").

Source of information - REUTERS.

[2005-10-05]