World currency rates to KZT at 3:00 p.m. ALT October 24, 2008

/IRBIS, Natalya Vaguina, October 24, 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 24, 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 75.10 -4.90 1.5949 GBP English pound 185.83 -9.39 0.6446 DKK Danish crown 20.16 -0.43 5.9405 AED Dirham of UAE 32.61 0 3.6727 EUR EURO 150.38 -3.18 0.7965 CAD Canadian dollar 93.66 -1.53 1.2789 KWD Kuwaiti dinar 445.11 +0.17 0.2691 NOK Norwegian crown 16.92 +0.22 7.0798 SAR Real of Saudi Arabia 32.03 +0.09 3.7400 SGD Singaporean dollar 79.44 -0.27 1.5078 TRL Turkish lira 70.54 -0.58 1.6981 SEK Sweden crown 14.96 -0.38 8.0076 CHF Swedish frank 103.23 +0.54 1.1603 KRW South-Korean won 0.0842 0 1422.4000 JPY Japanese yen 1.2783 +0.06 93.7000 CNY Chinese yuan 17.49 -0.04 6.8481 SD SDR* 151.20 -0.03 0.7922 SOM Kirgiz som** 3.17 0 37.8147 LVL Latvian lat 212.23 -4.41 0.5644 LTL Lithuanian lit 43.58 -0.91 2.7488 MDL Moldavian lei 11.64 0 10.2900 RUR Russian rouble 4.40 -0.04 27.2400 UAK Ukrainian griven 20.11 -0.05 5.9550 EEK Estonian crown 9.62 -0.20 12.4564 -------- -------------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- USD US dollar (KASE) 119.78 -0.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [2008-10-24]