Conversion rates

Published February 26, 2009

KARACHI: The following are February 26, State Bank conversion rates for foreign currency deposits, dollar bearer certificates, foreign currency bearer certificates, and special US dollar bonds.

US dollar Rs 79.8638

Japanese yen Rs 0.8237

Pound sterling Rs 116.0660

Euro Rs 102.5051

LIBOR

The following is Libor rate for calculating interest on special US dollar bonds for February 25.

Libor

For 6 months 1.75%

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