Morning (main) USD trades at KASE on January 22

/IRBIS, Ekaterina Tatarova, Vitaliy Tomskiy, January 22, 09/ - Today regular morning USD trades were held on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on T+0 (USD_TOD) settlement terms. The main parameters of the trade and the comparison with corresponding indicators of the previous morning session are given below. Trade results (tenge per dollar, in th. dollars) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Indicator Value Trend ---------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- Rate of first deal 121.40 +0.10 Maximum rate 121.50 +0.16 Volume at maximum price 5 -1,995 Minimum rate 121.29 -0.01 Volume at minimum price 5 -57,995 Rate of last deal 121.40 +0.08 ---------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- Weighted average rate 121.32 +0.01 Volume of session 210,525 -49,725 ---------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- Net-turnover 203,105 -20,795 Number of deals 87 -31 Number of participants 18 -1 Volume of unsatisfied offer* 13,100 -2,900 Volume of unsatisfied demand* 53,400 +17,400 Best demand on KASE at closing 121.40 +0.09 Best offer on KASE at closing 121.42 +0.10 ---------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- Best demand at 11:00 out of stock exchange (REUTERS) 121.36 +0.04 Best offer at 11:00 out of stock exchange (REUTERS) 121.39 +0.04 -------------------------------------------------------------------- *Volume of corresponding active bids of STB in the trading system at closing of trades Trade prices ------------------------------------ Time.(ALT) Price Volume. Number of ----------- level th. USD deals from to ------ ------- --------- ----- ----- 121.50 5 1 10:50 10:50 121.45 600 2 10:57 10:57 121.44 500 1 10:57 10:57 121.43 2,605 6 10:54 10:58 121.40 1,805 6 10:16 11:00 121.39 1,000 1 10:46 10:46 121.37 300 1 10:33 10:33 121.36 100 1 10:32 10:32 121.35 1,105 4 10:16 10:27 121.34 2,500 1 10:27 10:27 121.32 200,000 62 10:18 10:22 121.29 5 1 10:16 10:16 ------ ------- --------- ----- ----- TOTAL 210,525 87 10:16 11:00 ------------------------------------ USD bid monopolization rate remains very high on domestic currency market. At that almost all commercial banks are interested in USD purchase. From the viewpoint of technical analysis, we may observe traders fixing USD rate higher than KZT121.40 on a day session. In case of positive development, KZT rate will likely to fall at KZT121.50 - 121.70 per USD1 next week. The dollar was quoted at 121.41/121.43 at the KASE day session at 12:38 p.m.; last deal was concluded at 121.45. The dollar was quoted at 121.37/121.41 on over-the-counter. [2009-01-22]