/IRBIS, Natalya Khoroshevskaya, August 5, 05/ - Today on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) 140 deals were concluded on the repo floors (including automatic repo sector) for a total amount of KZT36,172.5 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             3  0.10  4.00    0.61      0.61 17,402.0       56
Open*            7  0.80  1.00    0.88      0.89  1,712.0        5
Open            10  3.94  3.94    3.94      4.02     10.0        1
Open*           14  2.20  2.20    2.20      2.22     92.7        2
Open            28  2.20  9.00    7.20      7.48    684.0        6
Open            31  7.49 12.00   10.43     10.94     37.1        5
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Subtotal:                                        19,937.8       75
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Close            1  0.10  1.75    0.27      0.27  4,734.0       18
Close            2  0.20  0.30    0.30      0.30  3,100.1        5
Close            3  0.10  0.15    0.13      0.13  5,440.1       10
Close            7  1.00  1.20    1.17      1.18  1,560.4        6
Close           14  2.20  2.20    2.20      2.22    300.3        6
Close           28  2.20  7.00    2.51      2.54    378.7        7
Close           30  8.40 10.50    8.59      8.94    354.7        4
Close           93 11.58 12.08   11.73     12.20      3.0        2
Close          120 12.49 12.50   12.50     13.02    363.5        7
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Subtotal:                                        16,234.7       65
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TOTAL:                                          236,172.5      140
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By open trades method (in automatic repo sector) volume of 110 deals totaled KZT33,519.4 m. including 61 (KZT18,279.0 m.) repo opening deals and 49 repo closing deals (KZT15,240.4 m.). Indicator TONIA according to trades results totaled 0.47 and increased compared to last trading day by 0.27.

Dynamics of repo rates (on repo opening deals for comparable terms).

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Term calendar       Today Previous day
         days rate, % APR  rate, % APR Trend
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            7        0.88         1.00 -0.12
           14        2.20         2.50 -0.30
           28        7.20         2.21 +4.99
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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 system entities: +41.3% (-KZT14,700.0 m.). 14 participants.

Second tier banks (STB):

• +KZT11,136.0 m. (borrowing 10 banks). -KZT1,020.0 m. (lending 5 banks);
• on open trade market (autorepo sector) +KZT13,757.0 m.; in CS repo sector +KZT150.0 m.
• resulting balance totaled +KZT13,907.0 m. (on previous day it was equal to +KZT10,116.0 m.).

National Bank today did not participate in repo market.

[2005-08-05]