STATISTICS: Weekly volume of trades in State Securities on KASE - $1,943.8 million tenges - the market liquidity continues to grow

/IRBIS, Dec.10, 99/ - Statistical parameters of trades in on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange are stated below (in parentheses the parameters of the previous week are shown). Annual yield to maturity, % ------------------------------------- Till maturity, Weighted Volume, days Min Max Last trade average million KZT Deals -------------- ------- ------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------- Discount SS: МЕККАМ-3, notes 18.3 (32.5%) from the sector's turnover -------------- ------- ------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------- 29 - 36 13.38 13.38 13.38 13.38 18.0 1 37 - 42 13.01 13.01 13.01 13.01 49.3 1 43 - 56 12.65 13.07 13.07 12.80 27.1 6 64 - 91 14.36 15.63 14.97 15.34 261.7 19 -------------- ------- ------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------- Subtotal 356.1 (240.3) 27 (12) Coupon indexed SS: AVМЕКАМ 15.9 (0%) from the sector's turnover -------------- ------- ------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------- 1581 17.47 17.47 17.47 17.47 308.4 1 -------------- ------- ------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------- Subtotal 308.4 (0) 1 (0) Euronotes of Kazakhstan, USD 63.7 (67.5%) from the sector's turnover -------------- ------- ------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------- *12 - 14 12.0119 13.4832 13.4832 12.1209 1.6 2 **1014 10.5614 10.5614 10.5614 10.5614 267.7 1 ***1,748-1,752 12.0645 12.7388 12.0805 12.5783 969.3 20 -------------- ------- ------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------- Subtotal 1,238.5 (498.2) 23 (23) -------------- ------- ------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------- TOTAL 1,43.8 (738.5) 57 (35) Notes: For the euronotes (* - first issue; ** - second issue; *** - third issue) APR for the buyer, calculated under the KASE's algorithm at an average weighted market USD/KZT rate is shown; APR of the indexed internal SS is calculated at an official USD/KZT rate. The main tendency of the period is recovery of the market after the stagnation caused by the tenge strengthening and by absence of necessary quantity of not devaluation indexed securities. The week volume of transactions testifies to achievement of the usual for the current year level. As the stated above parameters show, the greatest gain has taken place in the sector of republican Euronotes. They continue to remain the most attractive tool on the home debt market. Interesting feature of the week is the growth of yield of the tenge denominated shortest discount bonds.