World currency rates to KZT at 3:00 p.m. ALT on September 17, 2008

/IRBIS, Natalya Vaguina, September 17, 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 September 17, 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 95.13 +1.07 1.2577 GBP English pound 213.50 -0.69 0.5604 DKK Danish crown 22.81 -0.04 5.2453 AED Dirham of UAE 32.57 +0.05 3.6731 EUR EURO 170.14 -0.18 0.7032 CAD Canadian dollar 112.34 +0.68 1.0651 KWD Kuwaiti dinar 447.16 -0.22 0.2676 NOK Norwegian crown 20.59 +0.01 5.8107 SAR Real of Saudi Arabia 31.90 +0.04 3.7513 SGD Singaporean dollar 83.33 -0.22 1.4359 TRL Turkish lira 94.89 +1.50 1.2610 SEK Sweden crown 17.74 +0.07 6.7452 CHF Swedish frank 106.94 -1.13 1.1189 KRW South-Korean won 0.1073 0 1115.4000 JPY Japanese yen 1.1333 -0.02 105.5800 CNY Chinese yuan 17.50 +0.03 6.8385 SD SDR* 151.04 +0.21 0.7922 SOM Kirgiz som** 3.40 0 35.2138 LVL Latvian lat 241.33 -0.54 0.4958 LTL Lithuanian lit 49.29 -0.04 2.4274 MDL Moldavian lei 12.07 -0.12 9.9100 RUR Russian rouble 4.69 0 25.5120 UAK Ukrainian griven 24.32 -0.57 4.9200 EEK Estonian crown 10.88 -0.01 11.0011 -------- -------------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- USD US dollar (KASE) 119.65 +0.17 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [2008-09-17]