U.S. dollar market of Kazakhstan: day results

/IRBIS, Feb.24, 00/ - Following is the table of major indicators of Kazakhstani market for U.S. dollar (more than 98% of country's all currency market). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- US dollar trades at the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) ----------------------- ------------- ------------- ----------- ----------- Toll USD TOD USD TOD USD TOM USD SPOT Session Main Additional. Evening Evening Time of trades (ALM) 10:15-11:00 11:30-15:30 14:00-18:00 14:00-18:00 Average weighted rate 140.06(-0.03) Not indicated - - Volume of session (mln) 2.770(-0.970) 1.000 0 0 Demand price 140.06 140.04 *140.09 - Supply price 140.07 140.08 *140.14 *140.14 Number of participants 19 7 3 3 ----------------------- ------------- ------------- ----------- ----------- Indicative US dollar quotations in the interbank market in the information system REUTERS at KASE sessions closing (disregarding settlement dates) ----------------------- ------------- -------------- ---------- ----------- Demand price 140.06 140.07 140.08 Supply price 140.08 140.12 140.13 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: Best bid and ask prices at closing of the trades are shown as the Exchange quotations. In case of absence of such in the trade system of KASE, the last quotations marked by stars are given (in this case, for USD_TOM and for USD_SPOT - at 17:20PM). By indicative interbank quotations of the dollar in REUTERS information system, tenge lost 3 points in comparison with previous day closing on demand and 5 points on supply of the American currency. Today currency market demonstrated a rare balance of demand and supply in all sectors. In the afternoon the tenge remained stable against the dollar. Only in the evening a slight rise of the American currency was observed in the quotations. It should be noted that rates for the shortest money were inclined to grow till the very closing of the market, when they were fixed at 12/15 APR. IRBIS specialists are inclined to expect a slight increase in the exchange rate of the dollar on last trades of the week.