Friday, January 2, 2009

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Friday, January 2, 2009


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2891 3.4590 0.17

Brazil real
0.4307 2.3218 -0.39

Canada dollar
0.8226 1.2157 -0.31

1-mos forward
0.8223 1.2161 -0.33

3-mos forward
0.8227 1.2155 -0.33

6-mos forward
0.8240 1.2136 -0.34

Chile peso
0.001558 641.85 0.71

Colombia peso
0.0004478 2233.14 -3.71

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0730 13.7080 -1.10

Peru new sol
0.3206 3.1192 -1.50

Uruguay peso†
0.04110 24.33 unch

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

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

Australian dollar
0.7093 1.4098 -0.99

China yuan
0.1466 6.8230 unch

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7505 unch

India rupee
0.02078 48.1232 -1.30

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000917 10905 unch

Japan yen
0.010837 92.28 1.68

1-mos forward
0.010842 92.23 1.70

3-mos forward
0.010858 92.10 1.69

6-mos forward
0.010885 91.87 1.67

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2884 3.4674 0.42

New Zealand dollar
0.5853 1.7085 -0.89

Pakistan rupee
0.01269 78.802 -0.08

Philippines peso
0.0211 47.304 -0.61

Singapore dollar
0.6841 1.4618 1.64

South Korea won
0.0007570 1321.00 4.60

Taiwan dollar
0.03049 32.798 -0.07

Thailand baht
0.02874 34.795 unch

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17479 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.05149 19.421 0.95

Denmark krone
0.1860 5.3763 0.97

Euro area euro
1.3851 0.7220 1.02

Hungary forint
0.005208 192.01 1.77

Norway krone
0.1445 6.9204 -0.48

Poland zloty
0.3323 3.0093 1.56

Romania leu
0.3461 2.8892 0.99

Russia ruble‡
0.03401 29.403 0.85

Slovak Rep koruna
0.04644 21.533 unch

Sweden krona
0.1291 7.7459 -0.70

Switzerland franc
0.9234 1.0830 1.45

1-mos forward
0.9237 1.0826 1.45

3-mos forward
0.9247 1.0814 1.42

6-mos forward
0.9272 1.0785 1.42

Turkey lira**
0.6513 1.5355 -0.16

UK pound
1.4498 0.6898 0.70

1-mos forward
1.4485 0.6904 0.70

3-mos forward
1.4477 0.6908 0.67

6-mos forward
1.4481 0.6906 0.66


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6527 0.3770 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1813 5.5160 -0.21

Israel shekel
0.2627 3.8066 0.99

Jordan dinar
1.4129 0.7078 unch

Kenya shilling
0.01271 78.650 n.a.

Kuwait dinar
3.6118 0.2769 0.25

Lebanon pound
0.0006656 1502.40 -0.33

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2664 3.7538 unch

South Africa rand
0.1071 9.3371 -1.68

UAE dirham
0.2723 3.6724 unch


SDR††
1.5403 0.6492 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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