Conversion rates

Published October 23, 2012

KARACHI: The following are October 23, State Bank conversion rates for foreign currency deposits, dollar bearer certificates, foreign currency bearer certificates and special US dollar bonds.

US dollar              Rs   95.3951 Japanese yen      Rs     1.1951 Pound sterling    Rs 153.0519 Euro                        Rs 124.5860

LIBOR

The following is Libor rate for calculating interest on special US dollar bonds for October  22.

Libor

For 6 months    0.57%

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