Friday, January 16, 2009

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Friday, January 16, 2009


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2894 3.4554 0.14

Brazil real
0.4270 2.3419 -0.56

Canada dollar
0.8012 1.2481 -0.28

1-mos forward
0.8009 1.2486 -0.26

3-mos forward
0.8009 1.2486 -0.27

6-mos forward
0.8015 1.2477 -0.25

Chile peso
0.001613 619.96 -1.05

Colombia peso
0.0004480 2232.14 -0.65

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0720 13.8850 -0.71

Peru new sol
0.3175 3.1496 unch

Uruguay peso†
0.04350 22.99 -0.46

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

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

Australian dollar
0.6729 1.4861 -0.86

China yuan
0.1463 6.8374 unch

Hong Kong dollar
0.1289 7.7586 unch

India rupee
0.02056 48.6381 -0.54

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000899 11123 unch

Japan yen
0.011039 90.59 0.83

1-mos forward
0.011045 90.54 0.84

3-mos forward
0.011057 90.44 0.89

6-mos forward
0.011077 90.28 0.86

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2795 3.5778 -0.46

New Zealand dollar
0.5474 1.8268 -1.65

Pakistan rupee
0.01263 79.177 0.63

Philippines peso
0.0212 47.125 -0.47

Singapore dollar
0.6714 1.4894 -0.34

South Korea won
0.0007391 1353.00 -2.87

Taiwan dollar
0.02998 33.356 -0.07

Thailand baht
0.02867 34.880 unch

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17479 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.04825 20.725 0.48

Denmark krone
0.1784 5.6054 -1.06

Euro area euro
1.3289 0.7525 -1.01

Hungary forint
0.00476 210.08 -1.05

Norway krone
0.1443 6.9300 -2.77

Poland zloty
0.3107 3.2185 1.32

Romania leu
0.3093 3.2327 -1.05

Russia ruble‡
0.03076 32.510 0.78

Sweden krona
0.1221 8.1900 -0.98

Switzerland franc
0.8951 1.1172 -0.53

1-mos forward
0.8953 1.1169 -0.53

3-mos forward
0.8960 1.1161 -0.50

6-mos forward
0.8975 1.1142 -0.46

Turkey lira**
0.6135 1.6300 1.34

UK pound
1.4746 0.6782 -0.54

1-mos forward
1.4734 0.6787 -0.56

3-mos forward
1.4721 0.6793 -0.54

6-mos forward
1.4709 0.6799 -0.53


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6528 0.3770 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1812 5.5175 -0.13

Israel shekel
0.2617 3.8212 -1.38

Jordan dinar
1.4102 0.7091 unch

Kenya shilling
0.01269 78.800 -1.44

Kuwait dinar
3.4662 0.2885 -0.52

Lebanon pound
0.0006634 1507.39 0.33

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2666 3.7509 unch

South Africa rand
0.1001 9.9900 -0.10

UAE dirham
0.2722 3.6738 unch


SDR††
1.5145 0.6603 -0.23


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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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