CURRENCY

 
 

The Mauritian Rupee strengthened against most major currencies in 2008 but in the first nine months of 2009 the MRU has given up much of these gains. An exception to this trend was the US Dollar that weakened slightly against the Mauritian rupee.

The table below shows the changes between the Mauritian Rupee (MUR) and these currencies:


Currency
Weakened against the MUR Strenghthened against the MUR  
Japanese Yen -3.74 Brazilian Rial 23.67
United States Dollar -2.72 SA Rand 21.84
Taiwanese Dollar -2.18 Australian Dollar 18.95
Singapore Dollar -0.6 British Pound 10.4
Swiss Frank 0.39 Euro 0.95
     

 Movement of selected currencies against the Mauritian Rupee for the first 9 months of 2009
 
 


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