Cross-rates of the world currencies relative to Kazakhstan tenge at 3:00 p.m. ALT on April 18 of 2006

/IRBIS, Zaure Yessimova, April 18, 06/ - 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 April 18 of 2006. The given trends reflect difference as regards corresponding values of the previous day, which had 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 93.62 +0.17 1.3550 GBP English pound 224.34 -0.04 0.5655 DKK Danish crown 20.81 -0.03 6.0961 AED Dirham of UAE 34.54 -0.21 3.6728 EUR EURO 155.24 -0.25 0.8172 CAD Canadian dollar 110.75 -0.47 1.1455 KWD Kuwaiti dinar 434.44 -2.57 0.2920 NOK Norwegian crown 19.77 -0.01 6.4180 SAR Real of Saudi Arabia 33.83 -0.20 3.7504 SGD Singaporean dollar 79.14 -0.42 1.6030 TRL Turkish lira 94.64 -0.11 1.3405 SEK Sweden crown 16.68 -0.01 7.6040 CHF Swedish frank 99.12 +0.23 1.2799 KRW South-Korean won 0.1330 0.00 953.7000 JPY Japanese yen 1.0736 -0.01 118.1600 CNY Chinese yuan 15.84 -0.08 8.0105 SD SDR* 160.14 -0.96 0.7922 SOM Kirgiz som** 3.09 -0.02 41.0563 LVL Latvian lat 223.23 -0.28 0.5683 LTL Lithuanian lit 44.98 -0.07 2.8206 MDL Moldavian lei 9.73 -0.07 13.0400 RUB Russian rouble 4.60 -0.02 27.5682 UAK Ukrainian griven 25.06 -0.14 5.0615 EEK Estonian crown 9.93 -0.01 12.7812 -------- -------------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- KZT US dollar (KASE) 126.86 -0.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ("QRIC=Х"). * 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 - "KGSFIX="). Source of information - REUTERS. [2006-04-18]