/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, May 12, 08/ - As of May 9-12, 2008, the National Bank of Kazakhstan set the following official rates of tenge to foreign currencies:

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                                  Rate as on Rate as on
Code Units Currency               May 12, 08  May 8, 08 Trend
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AUD    1   Australian dollar          113.33     113.92 -0.59
GBP    1   English pound sterling     236.26     235.85 +0.41
BYR    1   Byelorussian rouble          0.06       0.06     0
DKK    1   Danish crown                24.79      24.98 -0.19
AED    1   Dirham of UAE               32.83      32.81 +0.02
USD    1   US dollar                  120.56     120.50 +0.06
EUR    1   EURO                       184.91     186.38 -1.46
CAD    1   Canadian dollar            119.47     119.85 -0.38
CNY    1   Chinese yuan                17.22      17.25 -0.03
KWD    1   Kuwaiti dinar              451.03     450.96 +0.07
SOM    1   Kirgiz som                   3.31       3.31     0
LVL    1   Latvian lat                265.43     267.36 -1.93
LTL    1   Lithuanian lit              53.57      53.99 -0.41
MDL    1   Moldavian lei               11.67      11.70 -0.03
NOK    1   Norwegian crown             23.48      23.72 -0.25
PLN    1   Polish zloty                54.11      54.41 -0.30
SAR    1   Real of Saudi Arabia        32.15      32.13 +0.02
RUB    1   Russian rouble               5.05       5.07 -0.02
SDR    1   SDR                        194.82     195.39 -0.57
SGD    1   Singaporean dollar          87.55      88.47 -0.92
TRY    1   Turkish lira                95.27      96.68 -1.41
UZS    1   Uzbek sum                    0.09       0.09     0
UAH    1   Ukrainian grivna            25.20      25.32 -0.12
SEK    1   Sweden crown                19.88      20.06 -0.18
CHF    1   Swiss frank                114.24     114.25 -0.01
EEK    1   Estonian crown              11.82      11.91 -0.09
ZAP    1   South-African rand          15.83      16.04 -0.21
KRW   100  South-Korean wons           11.53      11.73 -0.19
JPY   10   Japanese yens               11.60      11.45 +0.15
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The rates indicated, are set without obligation of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan to sell or purchase foreign currency at the indicated rates.

[2008-05-12]