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

Thursday Wednesday

U.S. dollar 48.6740 48.6260

Japanese yen 0.4597 0.4627

British pound 60.4726 60.1504

HK dollar 6.2759 6.2709

Swiss franc 49.4353 49.7300

Singapore dollar 34.7995 35.0711

Australian dollar 37.2794 37.7727

Euro 53.1033 53.5761

Chinese yuan 7.1815 7.1680.