/IRBIS, December 9, 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 December 9 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              96.19      0.00          1.3499
GBP       English pound                 252.99     +6.00          0.5744
DKK       Danish crown                   23.94     +0.79          6.0702
AED       Dirham of UAE                  39.57     -0.64          3.6728
EUR       EURO                          178.10     +6.12          0.8159
CAD       Canadian dollar               112.07     +0.32          1.2967
KWD       Kuwaiti dinar                 494.64     -7.78          0.2938
NOK       Norwegian crown                21.97     +1.23          6.6150
SAR       Real of Saudi Arabia           38.75     -0.62          3.7500
SGD       Singaporean dollar             84.94     +0.33          1.7109
TRL       Turkish lira              0.00010155      0.00      1431000.00
SEK       Sweden crown                   19.96     +0.96          7.2797
CHF       Swedish frank                 115.25     +4.47          1.2609
KRW       South-Korean won              0.1225      0.00       1186.6000
JPY       Japanese yen                  1.3567     +0.01        107.1100
CNY       Chinese yuan                   17.56     -0.28          8.2771
SD        SDR*                          183.44     -2.95          0.7922
SOM       Kirgiz som**                    3.45     -0.06         42.1800
LVL       Latvian lat                   269.16     +2.92          0.5399
LTL       Lithuanian lit                 51.61     +1.78          2.8155
MDL       Moldavian lei                  11.07     -0.14         13.1300
RUR       Russian rouble                  4.92     -0.02         29.5500
UAK       Ukrainian griven               26.81     -0.87          5.4200
EEK       Estonian crown                 11.38     +0.38         12.7730
--------  --------------------  --------------  --------  --------------
KZT       US dollar (KASE)              145.32     -0.26               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.

[2003-12-09]