World currency rates to KZT at 3:00 p.m. ALT October 31, 2008

/IRBIS, Natalya Vaguina, October 31, 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 31, 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 78.79 -2.04 1.5209 GBP English pound 194.40 -4.38 0.6164 DKK Danish crown 20.44 -0.72 5.8642 AED Dirham of UAE 32.63 +0.01 3.6730 EUR EURO 152.10 -5.45 0.7879 CAD Canadian dollar 96.94 -2.68 1.2362 KWD Kuwaiti dinar 444.82 -3.06 0.2694 NOK Norwegian crown 17.83 -0.55 6.7212 SAR Real of Saudi Arabia 31.94 -0.01 3.7520 SGD Singaporean dollar 80.82 -0.86 1.4828 TRL Turkish lira 76.01 -4.76 1.5766 SEK Sweden crown 15.46 -0.63 7.7522 CHF Swedish frank 104.20 -1.81 1.1501 KRW South-Korean won 0.0923 0 1299.0000 JPY Japanese yen 1.2380 +0.02 96.8000 CNY Chinese yuan 17.53 +0.01 6.8380 SD SDR* 151.27 +0.04 0.7922 SOM Kirgiz som** 3.14 0 38.2101 LVL Latvian lat 214.61 -7.63 0.5584 LTL Lithuanian lit 44.08 -1.57 2.7187 MDL Moldavian lei 11.59 0 10.3400 RUR Russian rouble 4.42 -0.08 27.1000 UAK Ukrainian griven 20.35 +3.35 5.8900 EEK Estonian crown 9.73 -0.35 12.3201 -------- -------------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- USD US dollar (KASE) 119.84 +0.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [2008-10-31]