Monday, January 5, 2009

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Monday, January 5, 2009


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2891 3.4590 unch

Brazil real
0.4471 2.2366 -3.67

Canada dollar
0.8404 1.1899 -2.12

1-mos forward
0.8400 1.1905 -2.11

3-mos forward
0.8402 1.1902 -2.08

6-mos forward
0.8413 1.1886 -2.06

Chile peso
0.001573 635.73 -0.95

Colombia peso
0.0004500 2222.22 -0.49

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0743 13.4680 -1.75

Peru new sol
0.3185 3.1397 0.66

Uruguay peso†
0.04100 24.39 0.24

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

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

Australian dollar
0.7152 1.3982 -0.82

China yuan
0.1464 6.8305 0.11

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7515 unch

India rupee
0.02066 48.4027 0.58

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000915 10929 0.22

Japan yen
0.010716 93.32 1.13

1-mos forward
0.010719 93.29 1.15

3-mos forward
0.010732 93.18 1.17

6-mos forward
0.010752 93.01 1.24

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2859 3.4977 0.87

New Zealand dollar
0.5887 1.6987 -0.57

Pakistan rupee
0.01269 78.802 unch

Philippines peso
0.0212 47.148 -0.33

Singapore dollar
0.6792 1.4723 0.72

South Korea won
0.0007605 1314.92 -0.46

Taiwan dollar
0.03030 33.003 0.63

Thailand baht
0.02855 35.026 0.67

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17472 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.05144 19.440 0.10

Denmark krone
0.1822 5.4885 2.09

Euro area euro
1.3574 0.7367 2.04

Hungary forint
0.005097 196.19 2.18

Norway krone
0.1435 6.9686 0.70

Poland zloty
0.3321 3.0111 0.06

Romania leu
0.3344 2.9907 3.51

Russia ruble‡
0.03430 29.155 -0.85

Slovak Rep koruna
0.04644 21.533 unch

Sweden krona
0.1266 7.8989 1.98

Switzerland franc
0.9006 1.1104 2.53

1-mos forward
0.9008 1.1101 2.54

3-mos forward
0.9013 1.1095 2.60

6-mos forward
0.9031 1.1073 2.67

Turkey lira**
0.6529 1.5317 -0.25

UK pound
1.4676 0.6814 -1.22

1-mos forward
1.4663 0.6820 -1.22

3-mos forward
1.4657 0.6823 -1.23

6-mos forward
1.4658 0.6822 -1.22


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6527 0.3770 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1812 5.5200 0.07

Israel shekel
0.2610 3.8314 0.65

Jordan dinar
1.4114 0.7085 0.10

Kenya shilling
0.01262 79.250 0.76

Kuwait dinar
3.5719 0.2800 1.12

Lebanon pound
0.0006634 1507.39 0.33

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2664 3.7538 unch

South Africa rand
0.1075 9.3023 -0.37

UAE dirham
0.2723 3.6724 unch


SDR††
1.5194 0.6582 1.39


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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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