Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Wednesday, January 7, 2009


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2896 3.4530 0.07

Brazil real
0.4400 2.2727 4.75

Canada dollar
0.8356 1.1967 1.16

1-mos forward
0.8352 1.1973 1.16

3-mos forward
0.8351 1.1975 1.21

6-mos forward
0.8362 1.1959 1.24

Chile peso
0.001586 630.52 -0.13

Colombia peso
0.0004515 2214.84 1.09

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0742 13.4716 0.96

Peru new sol
0.3182 3.1427 0.22

Uruguay peso†
0.04150 24.10 -1.20

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

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

Australian dollar
0.7113 1.4059 1.66

China yuan
0.1463 6.8335 unch

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7519 unch

India rupee
0.02052 48.7329 0.58

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000930 10753 -1.83

Japan yen
0.010792 92.66 -1.27

1-mos forward
0.010795 92.64 -1.27

3-mos forward
0.010806 92.54 -1.25

6-mos forward
0.010825 92.38 -1.27

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2857 3.5002 -0.28

New Zealand dollar
0.5908 1.6926 1.10

Pakistan rupee
0.01288 77.640 -1.32

Philippines peso
0.0215 46.555 -0.84

Singapore dollar
0.6791 1.4725 0.13

South Korea won
0.0007736 1292.66 -1.47

Taiwan dollar
0.03024 33.069 -0.17

Thailand baht
0.02869 34.855 -0.56

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17479 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.05185 19.286 0.42

Denmark krone
0.1829 5.4675 -0.82

Euro area euro
1.3630 0.7337 -0.78

Hungary forint
0.005073 197.12 0.69

Norway krone
0.1448 6.9061 -0.76

Poland zloty
0.3384 2.9551 0.80

Romania leu
0.3307 3.0238 1.25

Russia ruble‡
0.03430 29.155 unch

Sweden krona
0.1280 7.8125 -0.62

Switzerland franc
0.9078 1.1016 -1.14

1-mos forward
0.9080 1.1013 -1.12

3-mos forward
0.9091 1.1000 -1.14

6-mos forward
0.9111 1.0976 -1.20

Turkey lira**
0.6430 1.5552 2.86

UK pound
1.5110 0.6618 -1.02

1-mos forward
1.5099 0.6623 -1.03

3-mos forward
1.5089 0.6627 -1.03

6-mos forward
1.5084 0.6630 -1.00


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6526 0.3770 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1815 5.5099 0.21

Israel shekel
0.2577 3.8805 0.15

Jordan dinar
1.4104 0.7090 0.17

Kenya shilling
0.01277 78.300 -0.63

Kuwait dinar
3.5335 0.2830 0.57

Lebanon pound
0.0006662 1501.05 -0.42

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2666 3.7509 unch

South Africa rand
0.1038 9.6339 3.08

UAE dirham
0.2722 3.6738 unch


SDR††
1.5228 0.6567 -1.10


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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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