Conversion rates

Published July 18, 2012

KARACHI: The following are July 18, State Bank conversion rates for foreign currency deposits, dollar bearer certificates, foreign currency bearer certificates and special US dollar bonds.

US dollar             Rs   94.4102 Japanese yen    Rs     1.1942 Pound sterling    Rs 147.6009 Euro    Rs 116.0207

LIBOR

The following is Libor rate for calculating interest on special US dollar bonds for July  17.

Libor For 6 months    0.72%

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