Friday, December 19, 2008

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Friday, December 19, 2008


Americas

Country
Last
in US$ per US$ US$ vs. % chg

Argentina peso*
0.2927 3.4165 unch

Brazil real
0.4250 2.3529 -2.97

Canada dollar
0.8178 1.2228 1.25

1-mos forward
0.8172 1.2237 1.25

3-mos forward
0.8175 1.2232 1.23

6-mos forward
0.8186 1.2216 1.24

Chile peso
0.001573 635.73 0.32

Colombia peso
0.0004597 2175.33 0.24

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0762 13.1165 -0.30

Peru new sol
0.3219 3.1066 0.13

Uruguay peso†
0.04120 24.27 -0.49

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

Last
in US$ per US$ US$ vs. % chg

Australian dollar
0.6827 1.4648 -0.09

China yuan
0.1461 6.8445 0.15

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7500 unch

India rupee
0.02121 47.1476 0.75

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000913 10953 -0.11

Japan yen
0.011221 89.12 -0.18

1-mos forward
0.011227 89.07 -0.21

3-mos forward
0.011242 88.95 -0.25

6-mos forward
0.011272 88.72 -0.26

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2881 3.4710 0.24

New Zealand dollar
0.5754 1.7379 1.08

Pakistan rupee
0.01261 79.302 0.24

Philippines peso
0.0214 46.707 -0.09

Singapore dollar
0.6850 1.4599 1.59

South Korea won
0.0007770 1287.00 0.12

Taiwan dollar
0.03076 32.510 0.16

Thailand baht
0.02899 34.495 0.21

Vietnam dong
0.00006 16990 unch


Europe

Last
in US$ per US$ US$ vs. % chg

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.05262 19.004 2.95

Denmark krone
0.1868 5.3533 2.30

Euro area euro
1.3923 0.7182 2.26

Hungary forint
0.005246 190.62 1.89

Norway krone
0.1423 7.0274 2.74

Poland zloty
0.3371 2.9665 2.23

Romania leu
0.3543 2.8221 1.66

Russia ruble‡
0.03550 28.169 2.82

Slovak Rep koruna
0.04609 21.697 3.45

Sweden krona
0.1280 7.8125 0.86

Switzerland franc
0.9065 1.1031 1.78

1-mos forward
0.9071 1.1024 1.79

3-mos forward
0.9088 1.1004 1.83

6-mos forward
0.9123 1.0961 1.82

Turkey lira**
0.6547 1.5275 1.17

UK pound
1.4918 0.6703 0.60

1-mos forward
1.4905 0.6709 0.61

3-mos forward
1.4896 0.6713 0.61

6-mos forward
1.4894 0.6714 0.66


Middle East/Africa

Last
in US$ per US$ US$ vs. % chg

Bahrain dinar
2.6530 0.3769 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1815 5.5099 -0.27

Israel shekel
0.2670 3.7453 0.64

Jordan dinar
1.4114 0.7085 0.10

Kenya shilling
0.01319 75.800 -0.79

Kuwait dinar
3.6324 0.2753 0.25

Lebanon pound
0.0006634 1507.39 0.33

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2666 3.7509 unch

South Africa rand
0.1022 9.7847 0.88

UAE dirham
0.2723 3.6724 unch


SDR††
1.5450 0.6472 2.21


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Footnotes
*Floating rate
† Financial
§Government rate
‡Russian Central Bank rate
**Commercial rate
††Special Drawing Rights (SDR); from the
International Monetary Fund; based on
exchange rates forU.S., British and
Japanese currencies.
Note: Based on trading among banks of
$1 million and more, as quoted at 4 p.m. ET by Reuters.

Source: Reuters

The "US$ vs. % chg" column reflects
the percentage change in the value
of the U.S. dollar vs. each currency.


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