KARACHI: The following are May 17, State Bank conversion rates for foreign currency deposits, dollar bearer certificates, foreign currency bearer certificates and special US dollar bonds.

US dollar               Rs   90.8869 Japanese yen      Rs     1.1300 Pound sterling    Rs 144.6101 Euro                        Rs 115.4536

LIBOR

The following is Libor rate for calculating interest on special US dollar bonds for May  16.

Libor

For 6 months    0.73%

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