/IRBIS, July 16, 03/ - Below are cross-rates of foreign currencies, which are officially quoted in Kazakhstan, relative to Kazakhstan tenge. Crosses have been fixed at 3:00 p.m. of Almaty time (ALT) on July 16 of 2003.

The given trends reflect difference as regards corresponding values of the previous day, which had been calculated by similar methods

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                                             Cross-rate,
                                KZT per unit of currency         Rate in
Index of  Currency              ------------------------  currency units
currency                                 value     trend       for 1 USD
--------  --------------------  --------------  --------  --------------
AUD       Australian dollar              96.24     -2.48          1.5209
GBP       English pound                 239.14     -4.68          0.6121
DKK       Danish crown                   22.31     -0.46          6.5606
AED       Dirham of UAE                  39.86     -0.35          3.6725
EUR       EURO                          165.89     -3.30          0.8824
CAD       Canadian dollar               105.69     -3.87          1.3850
KWD       Kuwaiti dinar                 487.53     -4.40          0.3003
NOK       Norwegian crown                19.93     -0.54          7.3436
SAR       Real of Saudi Arabia           39.03     -0.35          3.7503
SGD       Singaporean dollar             83.31     -0.57          1.7570
TRL       Turkish lira              0.00010508      0.00      1393000.00
SEK       Sweden crown                   18.19     -0.28          8.0485
CHF       Swedish frank                 107.16     -1.89          1.3660
KRW       South-Korean won              0.1243      0.00       1178.1000
JPY       Japanese yen                  1.2432     +0.01        117.7400
CNY       Chinese yuan                   17.68     -0.16          8.2772
SD        SDR*                          180.60     -0.79          0.8105
SOM       Kirgiz som**                    3.52     -0.07         41.6062
LVL       Latvian lat                   257.67     -2.98          0.5681
LTL       Lithuanian lit                 48.08     -0.95          3.0448
MDL       Moldavian lei                  10.44     -0.07         14.0200
RUR       Russian rouble                  4.82     -0.04         30.3757
UAK       Ukrainian griven               27.45     +0.10          5.3330
EEK       Estonian crown                 10.61     -0.21         13.7996
--------  --------------------  --------------  --------  --------------
KZT       US dollar (KASE)              146.38     -0.05               Х
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Calculation of foreign currencies' cross-rates relative to Kazakhstan tenge was made on the basis of weighted average US dollar's rate at KASE's main session and foreign currencies' rates relative to US dollar, which were published in the information system REUTERS (RIC - "FX=").

* Cross-rate of SDR has been calculated on the basis of the rate of SDR relative to US dollar of the previous day (RIC - "NYME=").

** Cross-rate of Kyrgyz som has been calculated on the official rate of the National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic (RIC - "NBKRFIX=").

Source of information - REUTERS.

[2003-07-16]