Kazakhstan inter-bank currency market in September 2008

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, October 6, 08/ - IRBIS Information agency of financial markets (Almaty) has generalized the official information provided by the National Bank of Kazakhstan that is also published on Internet and the data of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on inter-bank currency market of Kazakhstan republic in August and September 2008. Results of such generalization are given in the tables below. Comparative data on volumes of foreign currency transactions made in Kazakhstan Interbank market in August 2008 and September 2008 (m. of currency units) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September: August: Trend: ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ Market sector purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale ------------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- USD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 17,372.2 17,372.2 12,388.9 12,388.9 +4,983.3 +4,983.3 Out of KASE: 7,691.0 8,440.0 7,829.0 8,006.0 -138.0 +434.0 incl. residents 5,436.0 5,436.0 5,654.0 5,654.0 -218.0 -218.0 incl. non-residents 2,255.0 3,005.0 2,175.0 2,352.0 +80.0 +653.0 Total 25,063.2 25,812.2 20,217.9 20,394.9 +4,845.3 +5,417.3 Share of KASE, % 76.2 76.2 68.7 68.7 +7.5 +7.5 ------------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Rouble of the Russian Federation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 66.0 66.0 56.0 56.0 +10.0 +10.0 Out of KASE: 719.0 109.0 442.0 160.0 +277.0 -51.0 INCL. RESIDENTS 109.0 109.0 127.0 127.0 -18.0 -18.0 INCL. NON-RESIDENTS 610.0 0.0 315.0 33.0 +295.0 -33.0 Total 785.0 175.0 498.0 216.0 +287.0 -41.0 Stake of KASE, % 37.7 37.7 30.6 30.6 +7.1 +7.1 ------------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Euro ------------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KASE 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 +0.5 +0.5 Out of KASE: 233.0 223.0 18.0 18.0 +215.0 +205.0 INCL. RESIDENTS 99.0 99.0 17.0 17.0 +82.0 +82.0 INCL. NON-RESIDENTS 134.0 124.0 0 1.0 +134.0 +123.0 Total 234.5 224.5 19.0 19.0 +215.5 +205.5 Stake of KASE, % 1.5 1.5 5.6 5.6 -4.1 -4.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comparable data on weighted average rates of transactions in foreign currencies on Kazakhstan inter-bank market in August and September 2008 (KZT per unit of foreign currency) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- September: August: Trend: ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market sector purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale ------------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ------ USD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 119.68 119.68 119.92 119.92 -0.24 -0.24 Out of KASE: 119.72 119.77 119.99 119.97 -0.27 -0.20 INCL. RESIDENTS 119.72 119.72 120.00 120.00 -0.28 -0.28 INCL. NON-RESIDENTS 119.72 119.87 119.97 119.90 -0.25 -0.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rouble of the Russian Federation ------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 4.71 4.71 4.96 4.96 -0.25 -0.25 Out of KASE: 4.74 4.75 4.97 4.94 -0.23 -0.19 INCL. RESIDENTS 4.75 4.75 4.93 4.93 -0.18 -0.18 INCL. NON-RESIDENTS 4.74 4.75 4.98 4.99 -0.24 -0.24 ------------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ------ Euro ------------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ------ KASE 172.82 172.82 180.57 180.57 -7.75 -7.75 Out of KASE: 172.03 172.03 178.67 178.73 -6.64 -6.70 INCL. RESIDENTS 172.03 172.03 178.48 178.48 -6.45 -6.45 INCL. NON-RESIDENTS 172.02 172.02 187.18 182.54 -15.16 -10.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information on exchange market is based on KASE data; the information on over-the-counter market is based on the National Bank's data. KASE market share is calculated by comparable operations, since non- residents of the Kazakhstan Republic may not operate on KASE. [2008-10-06]