World currency rates to KZT at 3:00 p.m. ALT on August 19, 2008

/IRBIS, Natalya Vaguina, August 19, 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 19, 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 103.93 -0.75 1.1555 GBP English pound 223.23 -0.98 0.5380 DKK Danish crown 23.62 -0.11 5.0842 AED Dirham of UAE 32.70 -0.01 3.6730 EUR EURO 176.14 -0.86 0.6818 CAD Canadian dollar 112.87 -0.49 1.0641 KWD Kuwaiti dinar 449.11 +0.61 0.2674 NOK Norwegian crown 22.13 -0.12 5.4273 SAR Real of Saudi Arabia 32.03 -0.01 3.7500 SGD Singaporean dollar 84.76 -0.32 1.4169 TRL Turkish lira 100.97 -0.65 1.1895 SEK Sweden crown 18.83 -0.10 6.3765 CHF Swedish frank 109.38 -0.35 1.0980 KRW South-Korean won 0.1145 0 1048.6000 JPY Japanese yen 1.0926 0 109.9200 CNY Chinese yuan 17.50 +0.04 6.8625 SD SDR* 151.60 -0.04 0.7922 SOM Kirgiz som** 3.45 0 34.8065 LVL Latvian lat 250.63 -1.43 0.4792 LTL Lithuanian lit 51.02 -0.25 2.3538 MDL Moldavian lei 12.51 +0.04 9.6000 RUB Russian rouble 4.89 -0.01 24.5606 UAK Ukrainian griven 26.15 +0.04 4.5920 EEK Estonian crown 11.26 -0.06 10.6674 -------- -------------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- KZT US dollar (KASE) 120.10 -0.03 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [2008-08-19]