Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Wednesday, January 21, 2009


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2884 3.4674 0.28

Brazil real
0.4283 2.3348 -1.73

Canada dollar
0.7964 1.2557 -0.92

1-mos forward
0.7960 1.2563 -0.91

3-mos forward
0.7961 1.2561 -0.92

6-mos forward
0.7969 1.2549 -0.94

Chile peso
0.001603 623.83 -0.44

Colombia peso
0.0004447 2248.71 0.22

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0724 13.8045 -1.70

Peru new sol
0.3173 3.1516 -0.16

Uruguay peso†
0.04380 22.83 -0.23

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

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

Australian dollar
0.6637 1.5067 -2.38

China yuan
0.1462 6.8397 unch

Hong Kong dollar
0.1289 7.7599 unch

India rupee
0.02039 49.0436 unch

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000893 11198 0.45

Japan yen
0.011181 89.44 -0.37

1-mos forward
0.011187 89.39 -0.38

3-mos forward
0.011202 89.27 -0.38

6-mos forward
0.011225 89.09 -0.42

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2765 3.6166 0.18

New Zealand dollar
0.5340 1.8727 -2.64

Pakistan rupee
0.01261 79.302 0.16

Philippines peso
0.0211 47.506 0.52

Singapore dollar
0.6675 1.4981 -0.66

South Korea won
0.0007299 1370.05 unch

Taiwan dollar
0.02978 33.580 -0.50

Thailand baht
0.02861 34.953 unch

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17520 0.27


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.04725 21.164 -1.65

Denmark krone
0.1747 5.7241 -1.03

Euro area euro
1.3018 0.7682 -1.04

Hungary forint
0.004614 216.73 -2.67

Norway krone
0.1448 6.9061 -3.32

Poland zloty
0.3026 3.3047 -2.31

Romania leu
0.3025 3.3055 -1.41

Russia ruble‡
0.03070 32.573 -1.37

Sweden krona
0.1221 8.1900 -2.87

Switzerland franc
0.8660 1.1547 0.57

1-mos forward
0.8663 1.1543 0.57

3-mos forward
0.8670 1.1534 0.58

6-mos forward
0.8686 1.1513 0.57

Turkey lira**
0.6051 1.6525 -1.17

UK pound
1.3982 0.7152 -0.43

1-mos forward
1.3975 0.7156 -0.46

3-mos forward
1.3974 0.7156 -0.51

6-mos forward
1.3979 0.7154 -0.58


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6526 0.3770 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1808 5.5301 unch

Israel shekel
0.2563 3.9017 0.23

Jordan dinar
1.4102 0.7091 unch

Kenya shilling
0.01246 80.230 0.48

Kuwait dinar
3.4767 0.2876 -0.31

Lebanon pound
0.0006656 1502.40 -0.33

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2666 3.7509 unch

South Africa rand
0.0998 10.0200 -2.81

UAE dirham
0.2722 3.6738 unch


SDR††
1.4909 0.6707 1.58


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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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