Results of trades in US dollar in the morning (main) session of KASE on May 17

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, Andrey Tsalyuk, May 17, 07/ - Today the next morning trades in U.S. dollar were held on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE). The main parameters of the trade and comparison with corresponding indicators of previous morning session. Table of trade results (tenge per dollar, th. dollars) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Indicator Value Trend ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------- Rate of the first deal 119.40 +0.30 Maximum rate 120.62 +0.92 Volume at maximum price 48000 +47995 Minimum rate 119.40 +0.30 Volume at minimum price 5 0 Rate of the last deal 120.55 +0.97 ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------- Weighted average rate 120.46 +0.89 Volume of the session 451,870 +369,365 ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------- Net-turnover 322,510 +255,560 Number of deals 194 +50 Number of participants 21 +2 Volume of unsatisfied offer* 6,000 -10,055 Volume of unsatisfied demand* 99,730 +86,320 Best demand on KASE at closing 120.54 +0.97 Best offer on KASE at closing 120.65 +1.07 ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------- Best demand at 11:00 out of stock exchange (REUTERS) 119.91 +0.40 Best offer at 11:00 out of stock exchange (REUTERS) 119.98 +0.42 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * volume of corresponding active bids of STB in the trade system at closing of the trade Table of trade price levels ----------------------------------------- Time (ALT) Price Volume. Number of ------------ level th.. USD deals from to ------ -------- --------- ----- ----- 120.62 48,000 1 10:48 10:48 120.61 50,000 1 10:47 10:47 120.60 8,000 4 10:45 10:59 120.59 4,100 3 10:44 10:47 120.58 4,000 2 10:48 10:49 120.57 29,000 11 10:47 10:51 120.56 5,000 3 10:43 10:43 120.55 39,905 21 10:25 10:59 120.54 13,800 4 10:41 10:59 120.53 10,400 5 10:33 10:57 120.52 9,000 6 10:33 10:57 120.51 18,410 9 10:33 10:57 120.50 38,200 28 10:24 10:55 120.49 10,100 2 10:55 10:55 120.48 2,000 1 10:33 10:33 120.47 2,000 1 10:33 10:33 120.46 500 1 10:34 10:34 120.45 6,400 4 10:24 10:40 120.42 450 2 10:24 10:24 120.41 3,000 3 10:34 10:34 120.40 26,400 15 10:22 10:39 120.37 1,000 2 10:34 10:34 120.35 2,200 3 10:22 10:35 120.30 4,100 3 10:22 10:38 120.29 100 1 10:21 10:21 120.25 17,200 7 10:36 10:37 120.22 3,000 2 10:35 10:35 120.21 15,600 10 10:35 10:37 120.20 78,700 24 10:19 10:36 120.15 500 3 10:18 10:19 120.13 200 2 10:18 10:18 120.10 100 2 10:16 10:18 120.05 100 1 10:18 10:18 120.00 395 5 10:16 10:17 119.80 5 1 10:16 10:16 119.40 5 1 10:15 10:15 ------ -------- --------- ----- ----- TOTAL 451,870 194 10:15 10:59 ----------------------------------------- The main session was characterized by enough sharp position playing in the wide price range. It should be noted that speculative composition in behavior of traders of the large banks today had grown significantly, which demanded from the head bank of he country to strengthen its position on the exchange market. It is hard to say which would be the day market, because the participants had closed the session on shaky parity of powers. The transfer of leading operators of currency market to the opposite side may lead to further move of market upward, but the reverse should not be excluded. At the day trades of KASE at 11:56 p.m. dollar was quoted at 120.53/57, the last deal was made at 120.57. Volume of deals at that had reached $12.3 m. On over-the-counter market at the pointed time the dollar was quoted at 119.91/119.98 [2007-05-17]