World currency rates to KZT at 3:00 p.m. ALT October 23, 2008

/IRBIS, Natalya Vaguina, October 23, 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 23, 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 80.00 -0.56 1.4975 GBP English pound 195.21 -1.06 0.6137 DKK Danish crown 20.60 -0.17 5.8166 AED Dirham of UAE 32.62 0 3.6728 EUR EURO 153.56 -1.14 0.7802 CAD Canadian dollar 95.19 -2.09 1.2585 KWD Kuwaiti dinar 444.94 +0.94 0.2693 NOK Norwegian crown 16.69 -0.54 7.1759 SAR Real of Saudi Arabia 31.94 0 3.7507 SGD Singaporean dollar 79.71 -0.31 1.5030 TRL Turkish lira 71.12 -2.42 1.6845 SEK Sweden crown 15.34 -0.04 7.8103 CHF Swedish frank 102.69 -0.24 1.1666 KRW South-Korean won 0.0850 0 1408.7000 JPY Japanese yen 1.2224 +0.02 98.0000 CNY Chinese yuan 17.53 +0.01 6.8348 SD SDR* 151.22 +0.01 0.7922 SOM Kirgiz som** 3.17 0 37.8147 LVL Latvian lat 216.64 -1.68 0.5530 LTL Lithuanian lit 44.48 -0.35 2.6933 MDL Moldavian lei 11.64 0 10.2900 RUR Russian rouble 4.44 -0.02 26.9825 UAK Ukrainian griven 20.17 -0.85 5.9400 EEK Estonian crown 9.82 -0.08 12.2048 -------- -------------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- USD US dollar (KASE) 119.80 +0.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [2008-10-23]