Summary date on Kazakhstan inter-bank currency market in April 2011

/IRBIS, May 6, 2011/ - 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 March and April, 2011. Results of such generalization are given in the tables below. Comparative data on volumes of foreign currency transactions made in Kazakhstan Interbank market in March and April, 2011 (mln. of currency units) ------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------- April March Changes: -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- Market sector purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale ------------------- -------- -------- - -------- -------- -------- ------- USD -------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 6,930.9 6,930.9 8,052.6 8,052.6 -1121.8 -1121.8 Out of KASE: 3,953.0 3,669.0 3,941.0 3,280.0 +12.0 +389.0 incl. residents 2,616.0 2,616.0 2,155.0 2,155.0 +461.0 +461.0 incl. non-residents 1,337.0 1,053.0 1,786.0 1,125.0 -449.0 -72.0 Total 10,883.9 10,599.9 11,993.6 11,332.6 -1109.8 -732.8 Share of KASE. % 63.7 65.4 . 67.1 71.1 -3.5 -5.7 ------------------- -------- -------- - -------- -------- -------- ------- Ruble of the Russian Federation -------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 293.5 293.5 835.5 835.5 -542.0 -542.0 Out of KASE: 683.0 366.0 640.0 453.0 +43.0 -87.0 incl. residents 349.0 349.0 394.0 394.0 -45.0 -45.0 incl. non-residents 334.0 17.0 246.0 59.0 +88.0 -42.0 Total 976.5 659.5 1,475.5 1,288.5 -499.0 -629.0 Stake of KASE. % 30.1 44.5 . 56.6 64.8 -26.6 -20.3 ------------------- -------- -------- - -------- -------- -------- ------- Euro -------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.3 +0.3 +0.3 Out of KASE: 28.5 31.3 32.1 34.4 -3.6 -3.1 incl. residents 27.0 27.0 32.0 32.0 -5.0 -5.0 incl. non-residents 1.5 4.3 0.1 2.4 +1.4 +1.9 Total 30.1 32.9 33.4 35.7 -3.3 -2.8 Stake of KASE. % 5.2 4.7 . 3.7 3.5 +1.4 +1.2 ------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------- Comparable data on weighted average rates of transactions in foreign currencies on Kazakhstan inter-bank market in March and April, 2011 (KZT per unit of foreign currency) ------------------------------------------------------------------ April March Changes: -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ----- Market sector purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale ------------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ----- USD ------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 145.42 145.42 145.75 145.75 -0.33 -0.33 Out of KASE: 145.49 145.49 145.77 145.78 -0.28 -0.29 incl. residents 145.49 145.49 145.78 145.78 -0.29 -0.29 incl. non-residents 145.49 145.49 145.76 145.78 -0.27 -0.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ruble of the Russian Federation ------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 5.19 5.19 5.11 5.11 +0.08 +0.08 Out of KASE: 5.19 5.17 5.12 5.12 +0.07 +0.05 incl. residents 5.17 5.17 5.12 5.12 +0.05 +0.05 incl. non-residents 5.21 5.16 5.13 5.14 +0.08 +0.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Euro ------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 211.38 211.38 203.43 203.43 +7.95 +7.95 Out of KASE: 210.88 211.08 203.13 203.08 +7.75 +8.00 incl. residents 210.94 210.94 203.14 203.14 +7.80 +7.80 incl. non-residents 209.72 211.91 201.30 202.32 +8.42 +9.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. [2011-05-06]