Thursday, January 29, 2009

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Thursday, January 29, 2009


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2867 3.4880 0.18

Brazil real
0.4359 2.2941 1.19

Canada dollar
0.8173 1.2235 0.71

1-mos forward
0.8169 1.2241 0.71

3-mos forward
0.8170 1.2240 0.70

6-mos forward
0.8174 1.2234 0.67

Chile peso
0.001631 613.12 0.18

Colombia peso
0.0004182 2391.20 1.65

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0705 14.1784 0.91

Peru new sol
0.3161 3.1636 -0.57

Uruguay peso†
0.04420 22.62 unch

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

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

Australian dollar
0.6524 1.5328 1.85

China yuan
0.1462 6.8397 unch

Hong Kong dollar
0.1289 7.7563 unch

India rupee
0.02050 48.7805 0.24

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000884 11312 unch

Japan yen
0.011125 89.89 -0.46

1-mos forward
0.011131 89.84 -0.47

3-mos forward
0.011147 89.71 -0.48

6-mos forward
0.011172 89.51 -0.51

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2779 3.5984 0.32

New Zealand dollar
0.5134 1.9478 1.89

Pakistan rupee
0.01266 78.989 0.47

Philippines peso
0.0215 46.512 unch

Singapore dollar
0.6635 1.5072 0.41

South Korea won
0.0007275 1374.57 0.11

Taiwan dollar
0.02970 33.670 -0.10

Thailand baht
0.02864 34.916 unch

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17477 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.04683 21.354 2.26

Denmark krone
0.1740 5.7471 1.38

Euro area euro
1.2964 0.7714 1.34

Hungary forint
0.00445 224.72 3.48

Norway krone
0.1458 6.8587 1.78

Poland zloty
0.2951 3.3887 2.51

Romania leu
0.3049 3.2798 1.88

Russia ruble‡
0.02844 35.162 3.45

Sweden krona
0.1224 8.1699 1.47

Switzerland franc
0.8672 1.1531 0.11

1-mos forward
0.8674 1.1529 0.13

3-mos forward
0.8683 1.1517 0.11

6-mos forward
0.8698 1.1497 0.11

Turkey lira**
0.6109 1.6370 1.24

UK pound
1.4313 0.6987 -0.72

1-mos forward
1.4305 0.6991 -0.72

3-mos forward
1.4298 0.6994 -0.72

6-mos forward
1.4294 0.6996 -0.74


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6527 0.3770 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1796 5.5676 0.14

Israel shekel
0.2465 4.0568 1.38

Jordan dinar
1.4114 0.7085 0.10

Kenya shilling
0.01259 79.420 -0.35

Kuwait dinar
3.4294 0.2916 0.38

Lebanon pound
0.0006634 1507.39 unch

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2665 3.7523 unch

South Africa rand
0.0999 10.0100 1.10

UAE dirham
0.2722 3.6738 unch


SDR††
1.5047 0.6646 0.44


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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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