Conversion rates

Published July 31, 2012

KARACHI: The following are August 1, State Bank conversion rates for foreign currency deposits, dollar bearer certificates, foreign currency bearer certificates and special US dollar bonds.

US dollar             Rs   94.6713

Japanese yen    Rs     1.2102

Pound sterling    Rs 148.5299

Euro    Rs 116.0860

LIBOR

The following is Libor rate for calculating interest on special US dollar bonds for July  31.

Libor For 6 months 0.73%

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