/IRBIS, Feb.1, 00/ - On Tuesday volume of deals at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) was the highest for all history of futures market of Kazakhstan and reached 43.450 th. U.S. dollars, exceeding the volume of operations in base asset on this day 7 times.

Total of 16 deals were made on the floor in six types of non-delivery futures for $1,000. Following is trade results. Settlement Price Volume of Contract Settlement price, KZT trend, Number deals, code date per USD KZT of deals contract.

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FUSD0002UN    Feb.25.00      142.50   -20.11         2      2,805
FUSD0003UN  March 31.00      145.00   -18.33         2      3,805
FUSD0004UN    Apr.28.00      147.30                  3      9,000
FUSD0005UN    May 26.00      151.27                  3      9,000
FUSD0006UN   June 30.00      155.45                  3      9,090
FUSD0007UN   July 28.00      161.10                  3      9,750
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TOTAL                                                      43,450

Deals were made to close existing positions (before time settlement of contracts). As a result, only 10 contracts were left on the trade floor by the end of the trade (amount of opened interest - 10 th. USD), including five with February settlement (FUSD0002UN) and five - with March settlement (FUSD0003UN).