Friday, December 26, 2008

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Friday, December 26, 2008


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2904 3.4435 0.21

Brazil real
0.4209 2.3759 -0.33

Canada dollar
0.8183 1.2220 0.44

1-mos forward
0.8180 1.2225 0.48

3-mos forward
0.8186 1.2216 0.43

6-mos forward
0.8199 1.2197 0.25

Chile peso
0.001592 628.14 0.31

Colombia peso
0.0004515 2214.84 1.06

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0745 13.4282 0.97

Peru new sol
0.3178 3.1466 0.72

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
0.6862 1.4573 -0.50

China yuan
0.1462 6.8414 0.15

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7503 unch

India rupee
0.02065 48.4262 1.94

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000901 11099 1.33

Japan yen
0.01103 90.66 0.28

1-mos forward
0.011035 90.62 0.30

3-mos forward
0.011052 90.48 0.31

6-mos forward
0.011081 90.24 0.28

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2874 3.4795 unch

New Zealand dollar
0.5781 1.7298 -1.18

Pakistan rupee
0.01271 78.678 -0.16

Philippines peso
0.0210 47.596 unch

Singapore dollar
0.6902 1.4489 0.26

South Korea won
0.0007695 1299.55 -0.56

Taiwan dollar
0.03030 33.003 unch

Thailand baht
0.02860 34.965 0.56

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17472 0.76


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.05330 18.762 -0.28

Denmark krone
0.1887 5.2994 -0.37

Euro area euro
1.4060 0.7112 -0.32

Hungary forint
0.005289 189.07 0.38

Norway krone
0.1407 7.1073 3.34

Poland zloty
0.3443 2.9044 -1.13

Romania leu
0.3555 2.8129 -0.82

Russia ruble‡
0.03446 29.019 1.10

Slovak Rep koruna
0.04655 21.482 -0.26

Sweden krona
0.1255 7.9681 1.67

Switzerland franc
0.9364 1.0679 -1.07

1-mos forward
0.9370 1.0672 -1.07

3-mos forward
0.9387 1.0653 -1.08

6-mos forward
0.9418 1.0618 -1.08

Turkey lira**
0.6623 1.5100 -0.11

UK pound
1.4654 0.6824 3.69

1-mos forward
1.4641 0.6830 3.69

3-mos forward
1.4632 0.6834 3.69

6-mos forward
1.4630 0.6835 3.72


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6530 0.3769 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1810 5.5249 unch

Israel shekel
0.2605 3.8388 -0.69

Jordan dinar
1.4129 0.7078 unch

Kenya shilling
0.01300 76.900 unch

Kuwait dinar
3.6220 0.2761 0.29

Lebanon pound
0.0006634 1507.39 0.33

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2665 3.7523 unch

South Africa rand
0.1029 9.7182 -0.29

UAE dirham
0.2723 3.6724 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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