Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Wednesday, December 24, 2008


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2910 3.4364 0.24

Brazil real
0.4209 2.3759 0.05

Canada dollar
0.8238 1.2139 -0.08

1-mos forward
0.8232 1.2148 -0.06

3-mos forward
0.8237 1.2140 -0.07

6-mos forward
0.8250 1.2121 -0.09

Chile peso
0.001597 626.17 -0.13

Colombia peso
0.0004529 2207.99 0.79

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0752 13.2979 unch

Peru new sol
0.3201 3.1240 -0.53

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
0.6825 1.4652 -0.10

China yuan
0.1463 6.8360 -0.18

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7506 unch

India rupee
0.02093 47.7783 -1.86

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000913 10953 unch

Japan yen
0.011061 90.41 -0.54

1-mos forward
0.011067 90.36 -0.53

3-mos forward
0.01108 90.25 -0.53

6-mos forward
0.011108 90.03 -0.55

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2874 3.4795 0.24

New Zealand dollar
0.5746 1.7403 -1.20

Pakistan rupee
0.01269 78.802 0.16

Philippines peso
0.0211 47.461 0.19

Singapore dollar
0.6912 1.4468 -0.30

South Korea won
0.0007652 1306.85 -2.26

Taiwan dollar
0.03028 33.025 unch

Thailand baht
0.02897 34.519 -0.28

Vietnam dong
0.00006 16985 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.05275 18.957 0.23

Denmark krone
0.1880 5.3191 -0.48

Euro area euro
1.4004 0.7141 -0.40

Hungary forint
0.005276 189.54 0.36

Norway krone
0.1406 7.1124 -0.43

Poland zloty
0.3394 2.9464 0.09

Romania leu
0.3541 2.8244 -0.32

Russia ruble‡
0.03483 28.711 1.09

Slovak Rep koruna
0.04637 21.566 -0.34

Sweden krona
0.1252 7.9872 -0.48

Switzerland franc
0.9313 1.0738 -1.41

1-mos forward
0.9317 1.0733 -1.40

3-mos forward
0.9331 1.0717 -1.37

6-mos forward
0.9360 1.0684 -1.37

Turkey lira**
0.6579 1.5199 0.14

UK pound
1.4765 0.6773 unch

1-mos forward
1.4753 0.6778 unch

3-mos forward
1.4747 0.6781 unch

6-mos forward
1.4749 0.6780 unch


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6530 0.3769 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1811 5.5209 0.24

Israel shekel
0.2576 3.8820 1.24

Jordan dinar
1.4129 0.7078 unch

Kenya shilling
0.01300 76.900 -0.58

Kuwait dinar
3.6195 0.2763 0.07

Lebanon pound
0.0006656 1502.40 -0.33

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2665 3.7523 unch

South Africa rand
0.1027 9.7371 0.68

UAE dirham
0.2722 3.6738 unch


SDR††
1.5436 0.6478 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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