/IRBIS, November 3, 03/ - Today, at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) 99 deals were made at the repo floors (including automatic repo sector) amounting to KZT11,826.5 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
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Open             1  1.50  3.50    2.71      2.75  7,966.4       55
Open             7  5.00  5.00    5.00      5.12     55.0        1
Open            25  5.50  5.50    5.50      5.64     64.5        2
Open*           28  5.00  5.00    5.00      5.12     50.0        3
Open           221  5.00  5.00    5.00      5.00     50.9        3
--------- -------- ----- ----- ------- --------- -------- --------
Subtotal:                                         8,186.8       64
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Close            3  0.50  3.30    2.30      2.33  3,393.7       30
Close           14  5.00  5.37    5.36      5.50    205.4        3
Close           18 10.91 10.91   10.91     11.49     10.1        1
Close           28  8.00  8.00    8.00      8.30     30.2        1
--------- -------- ----- ----- ------- --------- -------- --------
Subtotal:                                         3,639.4       35
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TOTAL:                                           11,826.2       99
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By open trades method (in automatic repo sector) a volume of 86 deals has amounted to KZT10,990.0 m, including 57 (KZT7,891.0) repo opening deals and 29 (KZT3,099.0 m) repo closing deals. Indicator TONIA according to trades' results totaled 2.73% APR and has increased by 0.45 points relative to the previous trading 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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           7         5.00            7.50  -2.50
          14         5.00            5.78  -0.78
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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: +70.8% (-KZT1,735.0 m), 10 participants.

Second tier banks (STB):

• +KZT8,016.4 (borrowing, 8 banks), -KZT6,029.9 m (lending, 8 banks);
• in direct deals sector on GS +KZT2,051.0 m, at open trade market (auto repo sector) -KZT64.5 m;.
• resulting balance was +KZT1,986.5 m on previous trading day it was equal to +KZT1,255.0 m).

National Bank National Bank today worked for borrowing money only. The Counteragents of the National bank on deals were STBs and their clients. Repo "overnight" was used as a liquidity regulation tool.

[2003-11-03]