Foreign exchange rates in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are inter-bank rates of foreign currencies against the Singapore dollar on Thursday:

Thursday Wednesday

bid/ask bid/ask

Australian dollar 0.9714/0.9721 0.9749/0.9756

British pound 1.7465/1.7479 1.7434/1.7446

Hong Kong dollar 0.1728/0.1729 0.1726/0.1727

Japanese yen 100 1.2464/1.2472 1.2472/1.2480

Swiss franc 1.3667/1.3674 1.3710/1.3714

U.S. dollar 1.3558/1.3563 1.3543/1.3548