STATISTICS: Monthly volume of forighn currency transactions on KASE - 11,704.8 million tenges

/IRBIS, Feb.02, 00/ - In January 2000 on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) 1,083 deals were made to the total sum of 11,704.8 million tenges or $84,169.2 million, including: 1,074 deals in USD and 9 - in DM. No deals were made in euro. The share of dollar has made 99.9%. US dollar: volume of transactions has reached $84,120,000 (11,697.9 mln tenges) at the average session volume of $4,673 million. Corresponding parameters of the previous month: $74,090,000 (10,238.2 million tenges), $3,705 million; of January 1999: $141,210,000 (11,942.3 million tenges), $7,432 million. According to the National Bank during first 28 days of 2000 the interbank transactions between Kazakhstan's residents have amounted to $248,577,000. Total volume of interbank transaction has made: purchase - $286,199,000, sale - $266,422,000. Tenge devaluation, calculated at the average weighted exchange rate, is evaluated by trend of 9.0% p.a. (Dec.31, 99 = 138.2493 - Jan.31, 00 = 139.3835) In the previous month tenge devaluation rate was 3.2%. The weighted average dollar / tenge rate calculated for all January deals is 139.06. In December there were 138.19 tenge per dollar. Deutsche mark: volume of transactions has made 95,000 (6.9 mln tenges) compared to 140,000 (10.0 mln tenges). Tenge towards DM revaluation, calculated at the average weighted exchange rate has made in January 11.8% p.a. In the previous month tenge / DM devaluation rate was 1.6%. The weighted average DM / tenge rate calculated for all January deals is 72.15 tenges for DM. In December - 71.77 tenge per dollar. Euro: no deals were made.