Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Tuesday, February 24, 2009


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2813 3.5549 0.28

Brazil real
0.4195 2.3838 0.10

Canada dollar
0.8044 1.2432 -0.63

1-mos forward
0.8043 1.2433 -0.64

3-mos forward
0.8047 1.2427 -0.65

6-mos forward
0.8057 1.2412 -0.68

Chile peso
0.001656 603.86 -2.84

Colombia peso
0.0003871 2583.31 unch

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0675 14.8258 -0.76

Peru new sol
0.3077 3.2499 unch

Uruguay peso†
0.04290 23.31 unch

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

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

Australian dollar
0.6511 1.5359 -1.49

China yuan
0.1463 6.8373 unch

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7524 unch

India rupee
0.02011 49.7265 0.89

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000838 11933 0.24

Japan yen
0.01033 96.81 2.47

1-mos forward
0.010334 96.77 2.47

3-mos forward
0.010349 96.63 2.47

6-mos forward
0.010377 96.37 2.47

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2729 3.6643 0.25

New Zealand dollar
0.5143 1.9444 -1.32

Pakistan rupee
0.01252 79.872 0.16

Philippines peso
0.0208 48.100 -0.34

Singapore dollar
0.6576 1.5207 -0.64

South Korea won
0.0006594 1516.53 1.08

Taiwan dollar
0.02885 34.662 0.14

Thailand baht
0.02805 35.651 unch

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17479 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.04534 22.056 -1.68

Denmark krone
0.1724 5.8005 -1.10

Euro area euro
1.2846 0.7785 -1.13

Hungary forint
0.004276 233.86 -0.63

Norway krone
0.1467 6.8166 -0.27

Poland zloty
0.2782 3.5945 -2.05

Romania leu
0.3002 3.3313 -1.29

Russia ruble‡
0.02789 35.855 -0.72

Sweden krona
0.1133 8.8261 -0.18

Switzerland franc
0.8616 1.1606 -0.71

1-mos forward
0.8620 1.1601 -0.71

3-mos forward
0.8633 1.1583 -0.72

6-mos forward
0.8656 1.1553 -0.74

Turkey lira**
0.5939 1.6838 -0.78

UK pound
1.4488 0.6902 unch

1-mos forward
1.4484 0.6904 unch

3-mos forward
1.4483 0.6905 unch

6-mos forward
1.4483 0.6905 -0.09


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6529 0.3769 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1785 5.6016 0.12

Israel shekel
0.2392 4.1806 0.79

Jordan dinar
1.4104 0.7090 0.07

Kenya shilling
0.01252 79.850 unch

Kuwait dinar
3.4129 0.2930 0.93

Lebanon pound
0.0006634 1507.39 0.45

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2666 3.7509 unch

South Africa rand
0.1013 9.8717 -1.97

UAE dirham
0.2722 3.6738 unch


SDR††
1.4795 0.6759 0.33


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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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