Friday, May 1, 2009

Foreign Exchange - Closing

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MARKETS DATA CENTER
from The Wall Street Journal Online

MAJOR CURRENCIES
Friday, May 1, 2009


Americas

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

Argentina peso*
0.2693 3.7133 unch

Brazil real
0.4600 2.1739 -0.68

Canada dollar
0.8433 1.1858 -0.60

1-mos forward
0.8435 1.1855 -0.60

3-mos forward
0.8440 1.1848 -0.60

6-mos forward
0.8448 1.1837 -0.60

Chile peso
0.001711 584.45 0.47

Colombia peso
0.0004360 2293.58 0.18

Ecuador US dollar
1 1 unch

Mexico peso*
0.0724 13.8122 0.06

Peru new sol
0.3278 3.0506 2.32

Uruguay peso†
0.04180 23.92 -0.48

Venezuela b. fuerte
0.46570111 2.1473 unch


Asia-Pacific

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

Australian dollar
0.7303 1.3693 -0.51

China yuan
0.1467 6.8185 unch

Hong Kong dollar
0.1290 7.7504 unch

India rupee
0.02013 49.6771 -0.10

Indonesia rupiah
0.0000943 10604 0.21

Japan yen
0.010073 99.28 0.67

1-mos forward
0.010077 99.24 0.67

3-mos forward
0.010087 99.14 0.67

6-mos forward
0.010105 98.96 0.67

Malaysia ringgit§
0.2809 3.5600 unch

New Zealand dollar
0.5700 1.7544 -0.83

Pakistan rupee
0.01247 80.193 unch

Philippines peso
0.0209 47.962 -0.29

Singapore dollar
0.6749 1.4817 0.07

South Korea won
0.0007825 1277.96 unch

Taiwan dollar
0.03017 33.146 0.20

Thailand baht
0.02834 35.286 unch

Vietnam dong
0.00006 17782 unch


Europe

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

Czech Rep. koruna**
0.04974 20.105 -0.58

Denmark krone
0.1781 5.6148 -0.28

Euro area euro
1.3264 0.7539 -0.26

Hungary forint
0.004635 215.75 -1.01

Norway krone
0.1527 6.5488 -0.26

Poland zloty
0.3035 3.2949 -1.48

Romania leu
0.3163 3.1617 -0.45

Russia ruble‡
0.03025 33.058 -0.17

Sweden krona
0.1244 8.0386 -0.08

Switzerland franc
0.8801 1.1362 -0.46

1-mos forward
0.8805 1.1357 -0.46

3-mos forward
0.8815 1.1344 -0.46

6-mos forward
0.8830 1.1325 -0.46

Turkey lira**
0.6291 1.5897 -0.66

UK pound
1.4912 0.6706 -0.83

1-mos forward
1.4911 0.6706 -0.83

3-mos forward
1.4912 0.6706 -0.83

6-mos forward
1.4914 0.6705 -0.83


Middle East/Africa

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

Bahrain dinar
2.6522 0.3770 unch

Eqypt pound*
0.1775 5.6341 unch

Israel shekel
0.2412 4.1459 -0.37

Jordan dinar
1.4119 0.7083 unch

Kenya shilling
0.01270 78.760 unch

Kuwait dinar
3.4417 0.2906 -0.17

Lebanon pound
0.0006656 1502.40 -0.33

Saudi Arabia riyal
0.2667 3.7495 unch

South Africa rand
0.1189 8.4104 -0.67

UAE dirham
0.2723 3.6724 unch


SDR††
1.4980 0.6676 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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