Conversion rates

Published October 3, 2012

KARACHI: The following are October 3, State Bank conversion rates for foreign currency deposits, dollar bearer certificates, foreign currency bearer certificates and special US dollar bonds.

US dollar             Rs   94.9397 Japanese yen    Rs     1.2148 Pound sterling    Rs 153.3941 Euro    Rs 122.5577

LIBOR

The following is Libor rate for calculating interest on special US dollar bonds for October  2.

Libor For 6 months    0.63%

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