Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Tuesday, January 6, 2009


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2898 3.4507 -0.24

Brazil real
0.4609 2.1697 -2.99

Canada dollar
0.8453 1.1830 -0.58

1-mos forward
0.8449 1.1836 -0.58

3-mos forward
0.8452 1.1832 -0.59

6-mos forward
0.8465 1.1813 -0.61

Chile peso
0.001584 631.31 -0.69

Colombia peso
0.0004564 2191.06 -1.40

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0749 13.3440 -0.92

Peru new sol
0.3189 3.1358 -0.12

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
0.7231 1.3829 -1.09

China yuan
0.1463 6.8365 0.09

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7530 unch

India rupee
0.02064 48.4496 0.10

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000913 10953 0.22

Japan yen
0.010655 93.85 0.57

1-mos forward
0.010658 93.83 0.57

3-mos forward
0.010671 93.71 0.57

6-mos forward
0.010688 93.56 0.60

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2849 3.5100 0.35

New Zealand dollar
0.5973 1.6742 -1.44

Pakistan rupee
0.01271 78.678 -0.16

Philippines peso
0.0213 46.948 -0.42

Singapore dollar
0.6800 1.4706 -0.12

South Korea won
0.0007622 1311.99 -0.22

Taiwan dollar
0.03019 33.124 0.36

Thailand baht
0.02853 35.051 0.07

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17478 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.05207 19.205 -1.21

Denmark krone
0.1814 5.5127 0.44

Euro area euro
1.3522 0.7395 0.38

Hungary forint
0.005108 195.77 -0.22

Norway krone
0.1437 6.9589 -0.14

Poland zloty
0.3411 2.9317 -2.64

Romania leu
0.3348 2.9866 -0.14

Russia ruble‡
0.03430 29.155 unch

Sweden krona
0.1272 7.8616 -0.47

Switzerland franc
0.8974 1.1143 0.35

1-mos forward
0.8978 1.1138 0.33

3-mos forward
0.8987 1.1127 0.29

6-mos forward
0.9002 1.1109 0.33

Turkey lira**
0.6614 1.5120 -1.29

UK pound
1.4956 0.6686 -1.88

1-mos forward
1.4944 0.6692 -1.88

3-mos forward
1.4934 0.6696 -1.86

6-mos forward
1.4933 0.6697 -1.83


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6527 0.3770 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1819 5.4981 -0.40

Israel shekel
0.2581 3.8745 1.12

Jordan dinar
1.4129 0.7078 -0.10

Kenya shilling
0.01269 78.800 -0.57

Kuwait dinar
3.5540 0.2814 0.50

Lebanon pound
0.0006634 1507.39 unch

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2666 3.7509 -0.08

South Africa rand
0.1070 9.3458 0.47

UAE dirham
0.2723 3.6724 unch


SDR††
1.5060 0.6640 0.88


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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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