Monday, December 22, 2008

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Monday, December 22, 2008


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2924 3.4200 0.10

Brazil real
0.4177 2.3941 1.75

Canada dollar
0.8203 1.2191 -0.30

1-mos forward
0.8197 1.2200 -0.30

3-mos forward
0.8200 1.2195 -0.30

6-mos forward
0.8215 1.2173 -0.35

Chile peso
0.001581 632.51 -0.51

Colombia peso
0.0004601 2173.44 -0.09

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0759 13.1787 0.47

Peru new sol
0.3206 3.1192 0.41

Uruguay peso†
0.04100 24.39 0.49

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

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

Australian dollar
0.6858 1.4582 -0.45

China yuan
0.1459 6.8517 0.11

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7508 unch

India rupee
0.02096 47.7099 1.19

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000913 10953 unch

Japan yen
0.011101 90.08 1.08

1-mos forward
0.011108 90.03 1.07

3-mos forward
0.011124 89.90 1.06

6-mos forward
0.011153 89.66 1.07

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2872 3.4819 0.31

New Zealand dollar
0.5758 1.7367 -0.07

Pakistan rupee
0.01271 78.678 -0.79

Philippines peso
0.0212 47.281 1.23

Singapore dollar
0.6924 1.4443 -1.07

South Korea won
0.0007639 1309.07 1.71

Taiwan dollar
0.03035 32.949 1.35

Thailand baht
0.02896 34.530 0.10

Vietnam dong
0.00006 16992 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.05322 18.790 -1.13

Denmark krone
0.1871 5.3447 -0.16

Euro area euro
1.3943 0.7172 -0.14

Hungary forint
0.005282 189.32 -0.68

Norway krone
0.1409 7.0972 0.99

Poland zloty
0.3379 2.9595 -0.24

Romania leu
0.3553 2.8143 -0.28

Russia ruble‡
0.03521 28.401 0.82

Slovak Rep koruna
0.04621 21.640 -0.26

Sweden krona
0.1267 7.8927 1.03

Switzerland franc
0.9146 1.0934 -0.88

1-mos forward
0.9153 1.0925 -0.90

3-mos forward
0.9168 1.0908 -0.87

6-mos forward
0.9200 1.0870 -0.83

Turkey lira**
0.6526 1.5324 0.32

UK pound
1.4827 0.6744 0.61

1-mos forward
1.4815 0.6750 0.61

3-mos forward
1.4804 0.6755 0.63

6-mos forward
1.4805 0.6754 0.60


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6529 0.3769 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1812 5.5188 0.16

Israel shekel
0.2599 3.8476 2.73

Jordan dinar
1.4129 0.7078 -0.10

Kenya shilling
0.01300 76.900 1.45

Kuwait dinar
3.6316 0.2754 unch

Lebanon pound
0.0006656 1502.40 -0.33

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2666 3.7509 unch

South Africa rand
0.1030 9.7087 -0.78

UAE dirham
0.2723 3.6724 unch


SDR††
1.5435 0.6479 0.11


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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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