Conversion rates

Published January 29, 2013

KARACHI: The following are January 29, State Bank conversion rates for foreign currency deposits, dollar bearer certificates, foreign currency bearer certificates and special US dollar bonds.

US dollar             Rs   97.7199 Japanese yen    Rs     1.0776 Pound sterling    Rs 153.7720 Euro    Rs 131.3746

LIBOR

The following is Libor rate for calculating interest on special US dollar bonds for January  28.

Libor For 6 months    0.62%

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