/IRBIS, July 17, 03/ - Today, at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) 128 deals were made at the repo floors (including automatic repo sector) amounting to KZT16,495.9 m. Results of trades are given in the table. Repo opening transactions, which are made only through open-trade method, are marked with asterisk.

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                                Repo rate, % APR
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Type of   Calendar              weighted average   Volume
repo        terms,             -----------------      KZT   Number
deal          days   min   max nominal effective        m of deals
--------- -------- ----- ----- ------- --------- -------- --------
Open             1  3.00 10.00    5.17      5.32  9,062.0       58
Open             4  3.50  6.00    5.03      5.17    203.9        3
Open*            7  5.00  6.50    6.05      6.23    387.0        5
Open*           14  5.30  6.50    5.91      6.08    440.0        3
Open            15 11.00 11.00   11.00     11.60     12.0        2
Open*           28  5.50  6.50    5.88      6.04    265.0        2
Open            29  4.00  4.00    4.00      4.07     24.0        1
--------- -------- ----- ----- ------- --------- -------- --------
Subtotal:                                        10,393.9       74
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Close            1  3.00  6.00    4.92      5.05  5,270.7       45
Close            3  3.50  3.50    3.50      3.56     63.0        1
Close            7  3.30  3.50    3.44      3.50    767.5        7
Close           91  9.00  9.00    9.00      9.30      0.8        1
--------- -------- ----- ----- ------- --------- -------- --------
Subtotal:                                         6,102.1       54
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TOTAL:                                           16,495.9      128
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By open trades method (in automatic repo sector) a volume of 117 deals has amounted to KZT15,280.2 m, including 66 (KZT9,379.0 m) repo opening deals and 51 (KZT5,901.2 m) repo closing deals. Indicator TONIA according to trades' results totaled 5.23% APR and has increased by 0.29 relative to the previous day.

Dynamics of repo rates (on opening transactions for comparable terms) is characterized with following parameters:

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        Term      Today's  Previous day's
calend. days  rate, % APR     rate, % APR  Trend
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           1         5.17            4.96  +0.21
           7         6.05            5.50  +0.55
          14         5.91            5.82  +0.09
          28         5.88            5.50  +0.38
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Positions of major categories of participants in the market of repo were as follows (based on net positions of opening transactions; in volumes "+" - borrowing, "-" - lending; trends in percents relative to previous trading day).

Pension market participants: +241.7%, (-KZT2,457.0 m.), 10 participants.

Second tier banks (STB):

• +KZT7,786.9 m (borrowing, 8 banks), -KZT6,962.0 m (lending, 3 banks);
• in direct deals sector in GS -KZT697.1 m., at open trade market (auto repo sector) +KZT1,522.0 m;
• resulting balance was +KZT824.9 m (on previous day it was equal to -KZT1,956.9 m).

National Bank today almost didn't change the stake of its participation at the repo market still working only for money borrowing. Today counteragents of the National Bank were STB. Liquidity regulation instrument was repo "overnight".

[2003-07-17]