/IRBIS, Nadezhda Chipirova, February 16, 09/ - 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 February 16, 2009.

The given trends show the difference relative to the corresponding values of the previous day, which have been calculated by similar methods.

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                                           Cross-rate,
                              KZT per unit of currency       Rate in
Index of                      ------------------------ currency unit
currency Currency                    value       trend      for 1USD
-------- -------------------- ------------ ----------- -------------
AUD      Australian dollar           96.89       -1.55        1.5389
GBP      English pound              212.02       -3.38        0.7033
DKK      Danish crown                25.53       -0.26        5.8397
AED      Dirham of UAE               40.60       +0.06        3.6729
EUR      EURO                       190.28       -1.91        0.7836
CAD      Canadian dollar            119.92       -0.47        1.2434
KWD      Kuwaiti dinar              510.65       -2.62        0.2920
NOK      Norwegian crown             21.65       -0.21        6.8863
SAR      Real of Saudi Arabia        39.76       +0.06        3.7505
SGD      Singaporean dollar          98.47       -0.49        1.5142
TRL      Turkish lira                89.93       -0.70        1.6580
SEK      Sweden crown                17.59       -0.28        8.4753
CHF      Swedish frank              127.55       -0.79        1.1690
KRW      South-Korean won           0.1045           0     1427.2000
JPY      Japanese yen               1.6245       -0.01       91.7900
CNY      Chinese yuan                21.82       +0.03        6.8335
SD       SDR*                       188.22       +0.27        0.7922
SOM      Kirgiz som**                 3.64       -0.02       40.9711
LVL      Latvian lat                268.91       -3.30        0.5545
LTL      Lithuanian lit              55.12       -0.55        2.7053
MDL      Moldavian lei               14.19       +0.06       10.5100
RUR      Russian rouble               4.28       -0.03       34.8270
UAK      Ukrainian griven            18.41       -0.43        8.1000
EEK      Estonian crown              12.16       -0.12       12.2593
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USD      US dollar (KASE)           149.11       +0.21
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Foreign currencies' cross-rates relative to Kazakhstan tenge were calculated based on the weighted average USD rate formed at the 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 is REUTERS.

[2009-02-16]