Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Tuesday, January 20, 2009


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2892 3.4578 0.07

Brazil real
0.4209 2.3759 0.90

Canada dollar
0.7890 1.2674 1.08

1-mos forward
0.7887 1.2679 1.09

3-mos forward
0.7888 1.2677 1.08

6-mos forward
0.7894 1.2668 1.09

Chile peso
0.001596 626.57 0.44

Colombia peso
0.0004457 2243.66 0.52

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0712 14.0430 1.28

Peru new sol
0.3168 3.1566 unch

Uruguay peso†
0.04370 22.88 -0.23

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

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

Australian dollar
0.6479 1.5434 3.50

China yuan
0.1462 6.8410 0.08

Hong Kong dollar
0.1289 7.7586 unch

India rupee
0.02039 49.0436 1.08

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000897 11148 0.11

Japan yen
0.01114 89.77 -1.06

1-mos forward
0.011145 89.73 -1.06

3-mos forward
0.011159 89.61 -1.07

6-mos forward
0.011178 89.46 -1.06

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2770 3.6101 0.83

New Zealand dollar
0.5199 1.9234 4.42

Pakistan rupee
0.01263 79.177 -0.24

Philippines peso
0.0212 47.259 0.28

Singapore dollar
0.6631 1.5081 0.98

South Korea won
0.0007299 1370.05 0.70

Taiwan dollar
0.02963 33.750 0.68

Thailand baht
0.02860 34.965 0.10

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17473 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.04647 21.519 1.98

Denmark krone
0.1729 5.7837 1.74

Euro area euro
1.2882 0.7763 1.72

Hungary forint
0.004491 222.67 2.09

Norway krone
0.1400 7.1429 2.36

Poland zloty
0.2956 3.3829 2.84

Romania leu
0.2983 3.3527 2.41

Russia ruble‡
0.03028 33.025 -0.73

Sweden krona
0.1186 8.4317 1.60

Switzerland franc
0.8710 1.1481 1.27

1-mos forward
0.8712 1.1478 1.28

3-mos forward
0.8721 1.1467 1.29

6-mos forward
0.8735 1.1448 1.28

Turkey lira**
0.5981 1.6720 1.60

UK pound
1.3921 0.7183 3.83

1-mos forward
1.3911 0.7189 3.84

3-mos forward
1.3902 0.7193 3.81

6-mos forward
1.3897 0.7196 3.79


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6529 0.3769 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1809 5.5276 unch

Israel shekel
0.2569 3.8926 0.86

Jordan dinar
1.4104 0.7090 unch

Kenya shilling
0.01252 79.850 1.20

Kuwait dinar
3.4662 0.2885 1.41

Lebanon pound
0.0006634 1507.39 unch

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2666 3.7509 unch

South Africa rand
0.0970 10.3093 1.96

UAE dirham
0.2722 3.6738 unch


SDR††
1.5145 0.6603 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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