Major world currencies down

Mumbai, Aug 18: Following are the indicative currency notes and traveller's cheques buying and selling rates per unit as supplied by Thomas Cook India here today.

(Figures in Rupees) Currencies Buy Sell US dollar 39.40 43.20 Sterling pound 78.20 85.15 Euro 52.80 57.90 Australian dollar 31.80 34.10 Bahrain dinar 103.45 116.10 Canadian dollar 36.55 40.60 Danish kroner 6.90 7.95 Egyptian pound 5.60 7.75 Hong Kong dollar 4.90 5.75 Japanese yen/100 34.20 37.40 Jordan dinar 52.40 60.10 Kuwait dinar 130.45 149.80 Malaysian ringgit 10.70 12.80 New Zealand dollar 26.80 30.55 Norwegian kroner 6.45 7.35 Omani rial 101.30 113.75 Qatar rial 10.70 12.00 Saudi rial 10.40 11.65 Singapore dollar 25.00 28.95 South african rand 5.05 5.90 Swedish kroner 5.50 6.30 Swiss francs 32.40 36.20 Syrian pound 0.45 0.85 Thai baht/100 115.00 133.60 UAE dirham 10.65 11.90 Chinese yuan 4.30 5.60.

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