Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Tuesday, December 30, 2008


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2898 3.4507 0.17

Brazil real
0.4291 2.3305 -2.35

Canada dollar
0.8189 1.2212 0.22

1-mos forward
0.8186 1.2216 0.21

3-mos forward
0.8191 1.2209 0.22

6-mos forward
0.8203 1.2191 0.22

Chile peso
0.001557 642.26 0.83

Colombia peso
0.0004447 2248.71 -0.07

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0726 13.7665 0.41

Peru new sol
0.3183 3.1417 1.98

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
0.6910 1.4472 -0.73

China yuan
0.1464 6.8307 -0.21

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7498 unch

India rupee
0.02079 48.1 -0.43

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000913 10953 -1.31

Japan yen
0.011074 90.30 -0.34

1-mos forward
0.011081 90.24 -0.36

3-mos forward
0.011095 90.13 -0.35

6-mos forward
0.011122 89.91 -0.35

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2875 3.4783 unch

New Zealand dollar
0.5771 1.7328 -0.12

Pakistan rupee
0.01272 78.616 -0.16

Philippines peso
0.0211 47.461 unch

Singapore dollar
0.6959 1.4370 -0.59

South Korea won
0.0007939 1259.60 -0.26

Taiwan dollar
0.03051 32.776 -0.52

Thailand baht
0.02877 34.758 -0.66

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17470 -0.12


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.05296 18.882 -0.85

Denmark krone
0.1888 5.2966 -0.69

Euro area euro
1.4074 0.7105 -0.74

Hungary forint
0.005266 189.90 -0.85

Norway krone
0.1426 7.0126 -1.75

Poland zloty
0.3375 2.9630 0.30

Romania leu
0.3503 2.8550 -1.94

Russia ruble‡
0.03403 29.386 -0.47

Slovak Rep koruna
0.04670 21.413 -0.73

Sweden krona
0.1287 7.7700 -1.40

Switzerland franc
0.9450 1.0582 -0.24

1-mos forward
0.9453 1.0579 -0.22

3-mos forward
0.9464 1.0566 -0.21

6-mos forward
0.9494 1.0533 -0.17

Turkey lira**
0.6575 1.5210 0.14

UK pound
1.4437 0.6927 0.33

1-mos forward
1.4425 0.6932 0.33

3-mos forward
1.4413 0.6938 0.33

6-mos forward
1.4410 0.6940 0.38


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6527 0.3770 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1811 5.5224 unch

Israel shekel
0.2661 3.7580 -2.63

Jordan dinar
1.4149 0.7068 -0.14

Kenya shilling
0.01288 77.650 -0.06

Kuwait dinar
3.6210 0.2762 unch

Lebanon pound
0.0006660 1501.50 -0.06

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2664 3.7538 unch

South Africa rand
0.1068 9.3633 -1.31

UAE dirham
0.2723 3.6724 unch


SDR††
1.5478 0.6461 0.58


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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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