Morning (main) USD trades at KASE on September 17

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, September 17, 08/ - Regular morning USD TOD trades were held on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). The main parameters of the trade and the comparison with corresponding indicators of the previous morning session are given below. Table of trade results (tenge per dollar. th. dollars) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Indicator Value Trend ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------- Rate of the first deal 119.40 -0.06 Maximum rate 119.79 +0.21 Volume at maximum price 98,500 +96,000 Minimum rate 119.40 -0.04 Volume at minimum price 90,010 +88,715 Rate of the last deal 119.79 +0.21 ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------- Weighted average rate 119.65 +0.17 Volume of the session 443,780 +207,855 ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------- Net-turnover 200,965 +68,360 Number of deals 58 -168 Number of participants 18 -3 Volume of unsatisfied offer* 13,900 -2,100 Volume of unsatisfied demand* 133,050 +24,550 Best demand on KASE at closing 119.74 +0.18 Best offer on KASE at closing 119.79 +0.21 ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------- Best demand at 11:00 out of stock exchange (REUTERS) 119.71 +0.18 Best offer at 11:00 out of stock exchange (REUTERS) 119.74 +0.18 --------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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 ------ ------- --------- ----- ----- 119.79 98,500 7 10:40 10:58 119.75 17,300 6 10:40 10:57 119.74 1,000 1 10:55 10:55 119.72 111,500 8 10:48 10:54 119.70 4,000 3 10:40 10:47 119.69 51,000 2 10:16 10:40 119.68 460 3 10:40 10:43 119.67 200 1 10:36 10:36 119.66 105 2 10:36 10:40 119.65 200 1 10:32 10:32 119.64 200 1 10:31 10:31 119.63 2,240 7 10:28 10:31 119.62 55 2 10:26 10:28 119.60 62,000 7 10:21 10:21 119.51 5 1 10:16 10:16 119.45 5,005 2 10:15 10:15 119.40 90,010 4 10:15 10:15 ------ ------- --------- ----- ----- TOTAL 443,780 58 10:15 10:58 ------------------------------------ Today's market was ruled by "bulls". At that, trade price range totally occupied the horizontal channel of 20 days, which, from the viewpoint of technical analysis, is the evident sign of short positions close. Participants are likely to be under foreign market last events, where all attention of yesterday was focused at USA FRS decision on discount rate, which remained on 2.00 % level. It positively affected USD/EUR rate ($1.4195), however, made world banking sector nervous, which is now in significant liquidity crisis. At the same time, there are no problems with short-term liquidity in Kazakhstan. The rates of monetary market are still at low points and volume of one-day repo remained within customary values (KZT53.6 bn.) yesterday; volume of borrowings from NB through this market made KZT3.0 bn. The dollar was quoted at 119.83/119.92 at the KASE day session at 12:15 p.m.; last deal was concluded at 119.85. The dollar was quoted at 119.75/119.78 on over-the-counter. [2008-09-17]