Statistics: weekly volume of deals in foreign currencies at KASE - equivalent of $27,640 mln

/IRBIS, Feb.21, 00/ - In U.S. dollars within the eighth calendar week of the year 2000 (February 14 - 20) at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) 321 transactions totaling $27.600 mln were made, including 317 deals ($25.600 mln) in main and additional sessions on TOD terms and 4 deals ($2.000 mln) on TOM terms. Average volume of the trading day of KASE in U.S. dollars equaled $5.520 mln. This week tenge devaluation rate against the dollar, calculated at weighted average rate of the Exchange (only the morning session is taken into account), is estimated by a trend of 3.4% APR. In the previous week 440 deals totaling $31.035 mln were made, including 429 deals ($28.735 mln) on TOD terms, 9 deals ($1.300 mln) on TOM terms, and 2 deals ($1.000 mln) on SPOT terms. Average volume of the trading day of KASE in U.S. dollars equaled $6.207 mln. During this period weighted average Exchange rate of the dollar was increasing at an average of 16.6% APR. Devaluation of tenge towards U.S. dollar, calculated at weighted average rate of the Exchange's main session as of February 18, in the mid term (last 30 days) equaled 3.1% APR, in long term trend (from the beginning of the year) - 9.2% APR. On February only 2 deals were made in euro 14 for a total of 40 th. units of the currency on TOD terms. Previous successful trades were held on December 27 of last year. Based on the data of these sessions, during the week tenge revalued against euro at an average of 22.3% APR. No deals were made in Deutsche mark.