Conversion rates

Published March 4, 2008

KARACHI: The following are March 4 State Bank conversion rates for foreign currency deposits, dollar bearer certificates, foreign currency bearer certificates, and special US dollar bonds.

US dollar Rs 62.7060

Japanese yen Rs 0.6092

Pound sterling Rs 124.4212

Euro Rs 95.1438

LIBOR

The following is Libor rate for calculating interest on special US dollar bonds for March 3.

Libor

For 6 months 2.96%

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