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Foreign Exchange
Wholesale Interbank Rates
As at (delayed by 30 minutes)| Currencies | $1 AUD Buys | $1 AUD Sells | Movement by Price | Movement by % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | United States Dollar | 0.7527 | 0.7524 | -0.0002fall | -0.03% fall |
| JPY | Japanese Yen | 83.0600 | 82.9800 | -0.0400fall | -0.05% fall |
| EUR | Euro | 0.6721 | 0.6715 | -0.0001fall | -0.01% fall |
| GBP | British Pound | 0.5919 | 0.5915 | 0.0005rise | 0.08% rise |
| CAD | Canadian Dollar | 1.0136 | 1.0127 | 0.0001rise | 0.01% rise |
| CNY | China Yuan Renminbi | 5.1176 | 5.1141 | 0.0007rise | 0.01% rise |
| HKD | Hong Kong Dollar | 5.8692 | 5.8661 | 0.0005rise | 0.01% rise |
| INR | Indian Rupee | 48.3610 | 48.3340 | 0.0060rise | 0.01% rise |
| IDR | Indonesian Rupiah | 10005.6400 | 9999.4000 | 1.3300rise | 0.01% rise |
| MYR | Malaysian Ringgit | 3.2114 | 3.2079 | 0.0005rise | 0.02% rise |
| NZD | New Zealand Dollar | 1.0450 | 1.0430 | -0.0011fall | -0.11% fall |
| SGD | Singapore Dollar | 1.0423 | 1.0415 | 0.0002rise | 0.02% rise |
| ZAR | South African Rand | 9.7515 | 9.7251 | 0.0270rise | 0.28% rise |
| CHF | Swiss Franc | 0.7297 | 0.7288 | -0.0005fall | -0.07% fall |
| THB | Thailand Baht | 25.6300 | 25.6000 | -0.0200fall | -0.08% fall |
Major Currency Cross Rates
As at (updated every 30 minutes)| Currency | AUD | USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | NZD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 AUD | 1.0000 | 0.7524 | 0.6715 | 0.5915 | 82.9800 | 1.0430 |
| $1 USD | 1.3286 | 1.0000 | 0.8925 | 0.7864 | 110.2900 | 1.3862 |
| €1 EUR | 1.4880 | 1.1200 | 1.0000 | 0.8804 | 123.5200 | 1.5525 |
| £1 GBP | 1.6894 | 1.2716 | 1.1350 | 1.0000 | 140.2400 | 1.7627 |
| ¥1 JPY | 0.0120 | 0.0091 | 0.0081 | 0.0071 | 1.0000 | 0.0126 |
| $1 NZD | 0.9570 | 0.7203 | 0.6429 | 0.5662 | 79.4400 | 1.0000 |
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