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

/IRBIS, January 6, 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 and November 2010. 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 and November, 2010 (m. of currency units) ------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------- December November Changes: ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- Market sector purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale ------------------- -------- -------- - -------- -------- -------- ------- USD -------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 8,900.2 8,900.2 7,507.6 7,507.6 +1392.6 +1392.6 Out of KASE: 3,978.0 3,608.0 3,474.0 3,423.0 +504.0 +185.0 incl. residents 2,915.0 2,915.0 2,738.0 2,738.0 +177.0 +177.0 incl. non-residents 1,063.0 693.0 736.0 685.0 +327.0 +8.0 Total 12,878.2 12,508.2 10,981.6 10,930.6 +1896.6 +1577.6 Share of KASE. % 69.1 71.2 , 68.4 68.7 +0.7 +2.5 ------------------- -------- -------- - -------- -------- -------- ------- Ruble of the Russian Federation -------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 372.6 372.6 622.1 622.1 -249.5 -249.5 Out of KASE: 840.0 561.0 539.0 274.0 +301.0 +287.0 incl. residents 551.0 551.0 236.0 236.0 +315.0 +315.0 incl. non-residents 289.0 10.0 303.0 38.0 -14.0 -28.0 Total 1,212.6 933.6 1,161.1 896.1 +51.5 +37.5 Stake of KASE. % 30.7 39.9 , 53.6 69.4 -22.9 -29.5 ------------------- -------- -------- - -------- -------- -------- ------- Euro -------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 1.9 1.9 9.0 9.0 -7.2 -7.2 Out of KASE: 17.7 19.0 30.5 29.3 -12.8 -10.3 incl. residents 17.0 17.0 29.0 29.0 -12.0 -12.0 incl. non-residents 0.7 2.0 1.5 0.3 -0.8 +1.7 Total 19.6 20.9 39.5 38.3 -20.0 -17.5 Stake of KASE. % 9.5 8.9 , 22.8 23.5 -13.3 -14.6 ------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------- Comparable data on weighted average rates of transactions in foreign currencies on Kazakhstan inter-bank market in December and November, 2010 (KZT per unit of foreign currency) ------------------------------------------------------------------ December July Changes: --------------- --------------- -------------- Market sector purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale ------------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ----- USD ------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 147.34 147.34 147.49 147.49 -0.1 -0.1 Out of KASE: 147.38 147.40 147.51 147.50 -0.1 -0.1 incl. residents 147.39 147.39 147.51 147.51 -0.1 -0.1 incl. non-residents 147.37 147.44 147.52 147.49 -0.2 -0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ruble of the Russian Federation ------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 4.79 4.79 4.73 4.73 +0.1 +0.1 Out of KASE: 4.79 4.79 4.76 4.77 +0.03 +0.02 incl. residents 4.79 4.79 4.77 4.77 +0.02 +0.02 incl. non-residents 4.79 4.82 4.75 4.78 +0.04 +0.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Euro ------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 194.10 194.10 203.89 203.89 -9.8 -9.8 Out of KASE: 183.72 184.28 183.25 182.43 +0.5 +1.8 incl. residents 183.22 183.21 182.28 182.28 +0.9 +0.9 incl. non-residents 195.74 193.24 202.78 196.30 -7.0 -3.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 cannot operate on KASE. [2011-01-11]