Investment attractiveness of stock exchange financial instruments from February 17 through 23, 2000

/IRBIS, Feb.25, 00/ - Following is the table that allows to compare investment attractiveness of the financial instruments, which were regularly traded or quoted (thanks to the market-makers) at KASE from February 17 through 23. Financial instrument Currency Yield, % APR. AVMEKAM USD 12.91 (12.74) KKGBb USD 12.21 (13.00) BTAS USD 12.35 (12.38) MEKKAM, notes KZT *14.28 (15.53) MEKKAM, MGU USD *9.14 (14.48) Euronotes-3 USD 10.38 (10.60) Notes: Yield of OJSC "Bank TuranAlem" shares (BTAS) was calculated for 6 days by bid quotations; yield of KKGBb - average for bid quotations; MGU - bonds of Mangistau region. The yields, shown here, do not incorporate overhead expenses that are inevitable when conducting operations and fixing profits. Marked by a star are the instruments with less than a year circulation term. Weighted average effective yields are given for them.