World currency rates to KZT at 3:00 p.m. ALT October 8, 2008

/IRBIS, Natalya Vaguina, October 8, 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 October 8, 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 81.51 -5.10 1.4717 GBP English pound 210.28 +1.56 0.5704 DKK Danish crown 21.89 +0.04 5.4806 AED Dirham of UAE 32.66 -0.02 3.6730 EUR EURO 163.43 +0.48 0.7339 CAD Canadian dollar 108.45 -0.58 1.1060 KWD Kuwaiti dinar 449.10 +0.57 0.2671 NOK Norwegian crown 19.29 -0.06 6.2187 SAR Real of Saudi Arabia 31.86 -0.02 3.7651 SGD Singaporean dollar 81.62 -0.36 1.4697 TRL Turkish lira 84.81 -3.43 1.4143 SEK Sweden crown 16.84 +0.05 7.1234 CHF Swedish frank 105.56 +0.47 1.1363 KRW South-Korean won 0.0861 0 1392.4000 JPY Japanese yen 1.1966 +0.02 100.2400 CNY Chinese yuan 17.61 +0.01 6.8132 SD SDR* 151.41 -0.11 0.7922 SOM Kirgiz som** 3.27 0 36.6760 LVL Latvian lat 230.54 +0.58 0.5203 LTL Lithuanian lit 47.33 +0.11 2.5344 MDL Moldavian lei 11.67 0 10.2800 RUR Russian rouble 4.59 +0.01 26.1365 UAK Ukrainian griven 21.23 -0.60 5.6500 EEK Estonian crown 10.45 +0.03 11.4837 -------- -------------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- USD US dollar (KASE) 119.95 -0.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [2008-10-08]