Summary date on Kazakhstan inter-bank currency market in January 2010

/IRBIS, February 5, 2010/ - 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 December, 2009. Results of such generalization are given in the tables below. Comparative data on volumes of foreign currency transactions made in Kazakhstan Interbank market in December, 2009 and January, 2010 (m. of currency units) ------------------------------------ - ---------------------------------- January December Trend: ----------------------------------------------------- Market sector purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- -------- -------- USD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 4,074.7 4,074.7 3,651.2 3,651.2 +423.6 +423.6 Out of KASE: 3,315.0 2,561.0 3,768.0 3,590.0 -453.0 -1,029.0 incl. residents 1,975.0 1,975.0 3,204.0 3,204.0 -1,229.0 -1,229.0 incl. non-residents 1,340.0 586.0 564.0 386.0 +776.0 +200.0 Total 7,389.7 6,635.7 7,419.2 7,241.2 -29.4 -605.4 Share of KASE. % 55.1 61.4 . 49.2 50.4 +5.9 +11.0 ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- -------- -------- Ruble of the Russian Federation ------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 411.0 411.0 595.0 595.0 -184.0 -184.0 Out of KASE: 337.0 220.0 682.0 453.0 -345.0 -233.0 incl. residents 149.0 149.0 418.0 418.0 -269.0 -269.0 incl. non-residents 188.0 71.0 264.0 35.0 -76.0 +36.0 Total 748.0 631.0 1,277.0 1,048.0 -529.0 -417.0 Stake of KASE. % 54.9 65.1 46.6 56.8 +8.4 +8.4 ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- -------- -------- Euro ------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 6.9 6.9 75.6 75.6 -68.7 -68.7 Out of KASE: 95.0 103.0 100.0 101.0 -5.0 +2.0 incl. residents 53.0 61.0 99.0 99.0 -46.0 -38.0 incl. non-residents 42.0 42.0 1.0 2.0 +41.0 +40.0 Total 101.9 109.9 175.6 176.6 -73.7 -66.7 Stake of KASE. % 6.8 6.3 . 43.1 42.8 -36.3 -36.5 ------------------------------------ - ---------------------------------- Comparable data on weighted average rates of transactions in foreign currencies on Kazakhstan inter-bank market in in December, 2009 and January, 2010 (KZT per unit of foreign currency) ------------------------------------------------------------------ January December Trend: --------------- --------------- -------------- Market sector purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale ------------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ----- USD ------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 148.06 148.06 148.55 148.55 -0.5 -0.5 Out of KASE: 148.02 148.07 148.67 148.70 -0.6 -0.6 incl. residents 148.07 148.07 148.67 148.67 -0.6 -0.6 incl. non-residents 147.96 148.06 148.68 148.90 -0.7 -0.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ruble of the Russian Federation ------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 4.99 4.99 4.99 4.99 -0.01 -0.01 Out of KASE: 4.96 4.98 4.96 4.96 0 +0.02 incl. residents 4.97 4.97 4.97 4.97 0 0 incl. non-residents 4.95 4.99 4.95 4.89 0 +0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Euro ------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 211.18 211.18 215.81 215.81 -4.6 -4.6 Out of KASE: 210.36 210.76 215.12 215.30 -4.8 -4.5 incl. residents 210.89 210.89 215.11 215.11 -4.2 -4.2 incl. non-residents 208.41 210.48 217.18 223.83 -8.8 -13.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. [2009-02-05]