/KASE, January 15, 10/ - A daily trading session ended on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in:

• USD settled at Т+0 in the tenge (USDKZT_TOD),
• EUR settled at Т+0 in the tenge (EURKZT_TOD),
• EUR settled at Т+0 in the US dollar (EURUSD_TOD),
• RUR settled at T+0 in the tenge (RUBKZT_TOD),
• currency swap transactions in (USDKZT_0_001, USDKZT_0_002, EURKZT_0_001, EURKZT_0_002).

This is an additional session for USDKZT_TOD, EURKZT_TOD and EURUSD_TOD. Currency swap transactions in USDKZT_0_001 were not available as the USA is observing the Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 18. Sixteen KASE category "В" members traded on the spot-market, and eight traded on the swap-market.

On the US dollar spot-market the dollar last traded at KZT148.00 dollar at USD162,100 th traded value. The best quotes - KZT147.99/148.01 a dollar.

On the OTC currency market indicative quotes of the US dollar in information system REUTERS at 15:30 p.m. Almaty time reached KZT148.00/148.10 a dollar.

On the euro spot-market:

• weighted average euro rate settled at Т+0 in the tenge reached KZT213.70 a euro at EUR200 th traded value
• weighted average euro rate settled at Т+0 in the dollar reached USD1.4425 a euro at EUR1,000 th traded value.

Weighted average ruble rate for T+0 tenge settlement reached KZT5.0147 a ruble at RUR4,500 th traded value.

On the currency swap transaction market:

• in USDKZT_0_002 weighted average rate reached KZT0.00 at USD150,500 th traded value; at the session close ask reached KZT0.00 with bid - KZT0.01;
• no deals were made in EURKZT_0_001 and EURKZT_0_002; no quotes were maintained at the session close in the trading system.

[2010-01-15]