World currency rates to KZT at 3:00 p.m. ALT on August 18, 2008

/IRBIS, Natalya Vaguina, August 18, 08/ - Below are cross-rates of foreign currencies, officially quoted in Kazakhstan, relative to Kazakhstan tenge. The rates were fixed at 3:00 p.m. of Almaty time (ALT) on August 18, 2008. The given trends show the difference relative to 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 104.68 +1.23 1.1476 GBP English pound 224.21 +1.52 0.5358 DKK Danish crown 23.74 +0.03 5.0610 AED Dirham of UAE 32.71 -0.01 3.6730 EUR EURO 177.00 +0.25 0.6787 CAD Canadian dollar 113.35 +0.87 1.0598 KWD Kuwaiti dinar 448.50 +1.86 0.2679 NOK Norwegian crown 22.25 +0.12 5.3993 SAR Real of Saudi Arabia 32.03 0 3.7500 SGD Singaporean dollar 85.08 +0.19 1.4119 TRL Turkish lira 101.62 +0.32 1.1822 SEK Sweden crown 18.94 +0.05 6.3440 CHF Swedish frank 109.73 +0.54 1.0948 KRW South-Korean won 0.1148 0 1046.0000 JPY Japanese yen 1.0899 0 110.2200 CNY Chinese yuan 17.46 -0.02 6.8785 SD SDR* 151.64 -0.03 0.7922 SOM Kirgiz som** 3.45 +0.01 34.8065 LVL Latvian lat 252.06 +0.33 0.4766 LTL Lithuanian lit 51.28 +0.07 2.3427 MDL Moldavian lei 12.47 0 9.6300 RUB Russian rouble 4.90 0 24.4963 UAK Ukrainian griven 26.12 -0.02 4.6000 EEK Estonian crown 11.31 +0.01 10.6174 -------- -------------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- KZT US dollar (KASE) 120.13 -0.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Foreign currencies' cross-rates relative to Kazakhstan tenge were calculated based on the weighted average USD rate at 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 - REUTERS [2008-08-18]