World currency rates to KZT at 3:00 p.m. ALT October 15, 2008

/IRBIS, Ekaterina Tatarova, October 15, 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 15, 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 83.40 -1.49 1.4364 GBP English pound 208.93 -0.70 0.5734 DKK Danish crown 21.83 -0.10 5.4870 AED Dirham of UAE 32.61 -0.02 3.6730 EUR EURO 162.67 -0.70 0.7364 CAD Canadian dollar 103.26 -1.31 1.1601 KWD Kuwaiti dinar 447.65 -2.06 0.2676 NOK Norwegian crown 18.87 -0.57 6.3466 SAR Real of Saudi Arabia 31.85 -0.08 3.7615 SGD Singaporean dollar 81.56 -0.50 1.4687 TRL Turkish lira 85.77 -1.11 1.3967 SEK Sweden crown 16.57 -0.33 7.2307 CHF Swedish frank 105.16 -0.43 1.1391 KRW South-Korean won 0.0968 0 1237.5000 JPY Japanese yen 1.1859 +0.02 101.0100 CNY Chinese yuan 17.54 0 6.8291 SD SDR* 151.21 -0.10 0.7922 SOM Kirgiz som** 3.21 0 37.2708 LVL Latvian lat 230.10 -0.64 0.5206 LTL Lithuanian lit 47.14 -0.20 2.5414 MDL Moldavian lei 11.69 -0.01 10.2500 RUR Russian rouble 4.58 -0.01 26.1732 UAK Ukrainian griven 23.35 -0.36 5.1300 EEK Estonian crown 10.40 -0.04 11.5166 -------- -------------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- USD US dollar (KASE) 119.79 -0.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [2008-10-15]