Pakistani forex reserves ease to $10.16 bln

KARACHI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves fell by $50 million to $10.16 billion in the week that ended on Jan. 30, the central bank said on Friday.

The State Bank of Pakistan's reserves fell to $6.79 billion from $6.87 billion a week earlier, while reserves held by commercial banks rose to $3.37 billion from $3.34 billion the previous week, the bank said.

Pakistan's foreign reserves hit a record high of $16.5 billion in October 2007 but fell to $6.6 billion in November, largely because of a soaring import bill.

Pakistan signed a $7.6 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund in November to stave off a balance of payments crisis. It received its first tranche of $3.1 billion that month. (Reporting by Sahar Ahmed; Writing by Robert Birsel)

FOREX RATES
Pakistan Open Market Forex Rates
Updated at : 6/2/2009 8:57 PM (PST)

Currency	Symbol	Buying	Selling	Charts
Australian Dollar	AUD	51	53
Bahrain Dinar	BHD	207	210
Canadian Dollar	CAD	63.2	65.2
China Yuan	CNY	11.25	12
Danish Krone	DKK	13.35	13.8
Euro	EUR	100.5	103
Hong Kong Dollar	HKD	10	10.3
Indian Rupee	INR	1.6	1.7
Japanese Yen	JPY	0.86	0.87
Kuwaiti Dinar	KWD	268.3	271
Malaysian Ringgit	MYR	22.2	22.8
NewZealand $	NZD	40	41
Norwegians Krone	NOK	11.3	11.7
Omani Riyal	OMR	202.8	204
Qatari Riyal	QAR	21.42	21.8
Saudi Riyal	SAR	20.8	21.15
Singapore Dollar	SGD	51.7	53.7
Swedish Korona	SEK	9.4	9.8
Swiss Franc	CHF	66.7	67.7
Thai Bhat	THB	2.2	2.5
U.A.E Dirham	AED	21.3	21.7
UK Pound Sterling	GBP	114.8	116.8
US Dollar	USD	78.9	79.4