Conversion rates

Published April 23, 2012

KARACHI: The following are April 24, State Bank conversion rates for foreign currency deposits, dollar bearer certificates, foreign currency bearer certificates and special US dollar bonds.

US dollar             Rs   90.8153

Japanese yen    Rs     1.1206

Pound sterling    Rs 146.085

Euro    Rs 119.3767

LIBOR

The following is Libor rate for calculating interest on special US dollar bonds for April  23.

Libor For 6 months 0.73%

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