World currency rates to KZT at 3:00 p.m. ALT October 16, 2008

/IRBIS, Natalya Vaguina, October 16, 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 16, 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 80.42 -2.98 1.4890 GBP English pound 206.22 -2.71 0.5807 DKK Danish crown 21.63 -0.20 5.5353 AED Dirham of UAE 32.60 -0.01 3.6728 EUR EURO 161.17 -1.50 0.7429 CAD Canadian dollar 100.13 -3.12 1.1958 KWD Kuwaiti dinar 445.84 -1.80 0.2686 NOK Norwegian crown 18.43 -0.45 6.4979 SAR Real of Saudi Arabia 31.85 0 3.7600 SGD Singaporean dollar 81.00 -0.56 1.4783 TRL Turkish lira 81.37 -4.39 1.4715 SEK Sweden crown 16.16 -0.41 7.4108 CHF Swedish frank 105.28 +0.12 1.1373 KRW South-Korean won 0.0873 -0.01 1372.3000 JPY Japanese yen 1.1911 +0.01 100.5300 CNY Chinese yuan 17.52 -0.02 6.8336 SD SDR* 151.15 -0.06 0.7922 SOM Kirgiz som** 3.21 0 37.2708 LVL Latvian lat 227.60 -2.50 0.5261 LTL Lithuanian lit 46.70 -0.44 2.5641 MDL Moldavian lei 11.65 -0.04 10.2800 RUR Russian rouble 4.55 -0.03 26.3100 UAK Ukrainian griven 22.68 -0.67 5.2800 EEK Estonian crown 10.30 -0.10 11.6244 -------- -------------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- USD US dollar (KASE) 119.74 -0.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [2008-10-16]