The following are reference foreign exchange rates against the peso released by the Philippine central bank on Wednesday.

Wednesday Tuesday U.S. dollar 49.6100 49.7090

Japanese yen 0.4352 0.4370 British pound 62.8856 63.2696

HK dollar 6.3967 6.4103 Swiss franc 49.1237 49.3880

Singapore dollar 34.9342 35.0211 Australian dollar 36.9843 37.1277 Euro 53.1968 53.5068 Chinese yuan 7.2087 7.2220.