Cross-rates of the world currencies relative to Kazakhstan tenge at 3:00 p.m. ALT on July 17 of 2006

/IRBIS, Valeriy Khegay, July 17, 06/ - Below cross-rates of foreign currencies are given, which are officially quoted in Kazakhstan, relative to Kazakhstan tenge. Crosses were fixed at 3:00 p.m. of Almaty time (ALT) on July 17 of 2006. The given trends reflect difference as regards corresponding values of the previous day, which have been calculated by similar methods. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cross-rate, KZT per unit of currency Rate in Index of ------------------------ currency units currency Currency value trend for 1 USD -------- -------------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- AUD Australian dollar 88.63 -0.45 1.3342 GBP English pound 215.57 -2.21 0.5485 DKK Danish crown 19.90 -0.22 5.9409 AED Dirham of UAE 32.20 -0.04 3.6728 EUR EURO 148.43 -1.64 0.7967 CAD Canadian dollar 104.46 -0.24 1.1320 KWD Kuwaiti dinar 408.91 -0.58 0.2892 NOK Norwegian crown 18.81 -0.17 6.2860 SAR Real of Saudi Arabia 31.53 -0.03 3.7502 SGD Singaporean dollar 74.19 -0.51 1.5938 TRL Turkish lira 74.32 -0.36 1.5910 SEK Sweden crown 16.07 -0.24 7.3591 CHF Swedish frank 95.03 -1.09 1.2443 KRW South-Korean won 0.1240 0 953.6000 JPY Japanese yen 1.0116 -0.01 116.8900 CNY Chinese yuan 14.79 -0.02 7.9975 SD SDR* 149.27 -0.16 0.7922 SOM Kirgiz som** 2.96 +0.01 39.8934 LVL Latvian lat 213.37 -2.38 0.5542 LTL Lithuanian lit 43.00 -0.49 2.7501 MDL Moldavian lei 8.93 -0.01 13.2400 RUB Russian rouble 4.38 -0.01 26.9885 UAK Ukrainian griven 23.60 +0.02 5.0100 EEK Estonian crown 9.49 -0.10 12.4545 -------- -------------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- KZT US dollar (KASE) 118.25 -0.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ("QRIC=Х"). * 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 - "KGSFIX="). Source of information - REUTERS. [2006-07-17]