Record Volume of currency future transactions on KASE

/IRBIS, Oct.22, 99/ - Today on KASE during the next trades 6 future transactions (without delivery) on the record sum of $12.010 (12,010 contracts) were made. It is the highest level for all future trades in Kazakhstan. It is the first time when turnover of the future market has exceed the volume of transactions in the base assets which has amounted today to $11.740 million. Today's transactions prices are given below (in brackets - future settlement date and current price trend): - FUSD9910UN (Oct.29,1999) - 142.30 (+2.80); - FUSD9911UN (Nov.29, 1999) - 148.00 (+2.00); - FUSD9912UN (Dec.31, 1999) - 154.00 (+1.76); - FUSD0001UN (Jan.28, 2000) - 157.00 (+6.18); - FUSD0002UN (Feb.25, 2000) - 162.00 (+9.50); - FUSD0003UN (March.31, 2000) - 168.00 (+13.00). Total volume of the open interest on the platform at the moment of the closing has made 12.510 million USD, the greatest number of contracts (3,900) was open under the March contract.