Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Wednesday, December 31, 2008


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2895 3.4542 0.10

Brazil real
0.4321 2.3143 -0.70

Canada dollar
0.8218 1.2168 -0.36

1-mos forward
0.8215 1.2173 -0.35

3-mos forward
0.8219 1.2167 -0.34

6-mos forward
0.8231 1.2149 -0.34

Chile peso
0.001567 638.16 -0.64

Colombia peso
0.0004447 2248.71 unch

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0729 13.7250 -0.30

Peru new sol
0.3190 3.1348 -0.22

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
0.7114 1.4057 -2.87

China yuan
0.1466 6.8230 -0.11

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7504 unch

India rupee
0.02057 48.6145 1.07

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000917 10905 -0.44

Japan yen
0.011022 90.73 0.47

1-mos forward
0.011029 90.67 0.47

3-mos forward
0.011044 90.55 0.46

6-mos forward
0.01107 90.33 0.47

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2896 3.4530 -0.73

New Zealand dollar
0.5863 1.7056 -1.57

Pakistan rupee
0.01264 79.114 0.63

Philippines peso
0.0211 47.461 unch

Singapore dollar
0.6981 1.4325 -0.31

South Korea won
0.0007918 1262.95 0.27

Taiwan dollar
0.03051 32.776 unch

Thailand baht
0.02875 34.783 0.07

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17483 0.08


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.05203 19.220 1.79

Denmark krone
0.1877 5.3277 0.59

Euro area euro
1.3969 0.7159 0.76

Hungary forint
0.00526 190.11 0.11

Norway krone
0.1438 6.9541 -0.83

Poland zloty
0.3368 2.9691 0.21

Romania leu
0.3463 2.8875 1.14

Russia ruble‡
0.03275 30.534 3.91

Slovak Rep koruna
0.04635 21.575 0.76

Sweden krona
0.1278 7.8247 0.70

Switzerland franc
0.9369 1.0673 0.86

1-mos forward
0.9373 1.0669 0.85

3-mos forward
0.9380 1.0661 0.90

6-mos forward
0.9410 1.0627 0.89

Turkey lira**
0.6491 1.5405 1.28

UK pound
1.4593 0.6853 -1.07

1-mos forward
1.4581 0.6858 -1.07

3-mos forward
1.4569 0.6864 -1.07

6-mos forward
1.4567 0.6865 -1.08


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6527 0.3770 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1818 5.4996 -0.41

Israel shekel
0.2646 3.7793 0.57

Jordan dinar
1.4114 0.7085 0.24

Kenya shilling
0.01279 78.200 0.71

Kuwait dinar
3.6196 0.2763 unch

Lebanon pound
0.0006634 1507.39 0.39

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2664 3.7538 unch

South Africa rand
0.1064 9.3985 0.38

UAE dirham
0.2723 3.6724 unch


SDR††
1.5403 0.6492 0.48


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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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