Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Tuesday, December 23, 2008


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2917 3.4282 0.24

Brazil real
0.4211 2.3747 -0.81

Canada dollar
0.8231 1.2149 -0.34

1-mos forward
0.8227 1.2155 -0.37

3-mos forward
0.8232 1.2148 -0.39

6-mos forward
0.8243 1.2132 -0.34

Chile peso
0.001595 626.96 -0.88

Colombia peso
0.0004565 2190.58 0.79

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0752 13.2979 0.90

Peru new sol
0.3184 3.1407 0.69

Uruguay peso†
0.04100 24.39 unch

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

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

Australian dollar
0.6818 1.4667 0.58

China yuan
0.1460 6.8485 unch

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7498 unch

India rupee
0.02054 48.6855 2.04

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000913 10953 unch

Japan yen
0.011001 90.90 0.91

1-mos forward
0.011008 90.84 0.91

3-mos forward
0.011021 90.74 0.93

6-mos forward
0.011047 90.52 0.96

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2881 3.4710 -0.31

New Zealand dollar
0.5677 1.7615 1.43

Pakistan rupee
0.01271 78.678 unch

Philippines peso
0.0211 47.371 0.19

Singapore dollar
0.6891 1.4512 0.48

South Korea won
0.0007479 1337.08 2.14

Taiwan dollar
0.03028 33.025 0.23

Thailand baht
0.02889 34.614 0.24

Vietnam dong
0.00006 16988 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.05287 18.914 0.66

Denmark krone
0.1871 5.3447 unch

Euro area euro
1.3947 0.7170 unch

Hungary forint
0.005295 188.86 -0.25

Norway krone
0.1400 7.1429 0.64

Poland zloty
0.3397 2.9438 -0.53

Romania leu
0.3529 2.8334 0.68

Russia ruble‡
0.03521 28.401 unch

Slovak Rep koruna
0.04621 21.640 unch

Sweden krona
0.1246 8.0257 1.69

Switzerland franc
0.9181 1.0892 -0.38

1-mos forward
0.9187 1.0885 -0.37

3-mos forward
0.9203 1.0866 -0.39

6-mos forward
0.9232 1.0832 -0.35

Turkey lira**
0.6589 1.5177 -0.96

UK pound
1.4762 0.6774 0.44

1-mos forward
1.4751 0.6779 0.43

3-mos forward
1.4742 0.6783 0.41

6-mos forward
1.4744 0.6782 0.41


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6530 0.3769 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1816 5.5075 -0.20

Israel shekel
0.2608 3.8344 -0.34

Jordan dinar
1.4129 0.7078 unch

Kenya shilling
0.01293 77.350 0.59

Kuwait dinar
3.6217 0.2761 0.25

Lebanon pound
0.0006634 1507.39 0.33

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2665 3.7523 unch

South Africa rand
0.1034 9.6712 -0.39

UAE dirham
0.2723 3.6724 unch


SDR††
1.5433 0.6480 unch


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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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