/IRBIS, March.02, 00/ - Following is the table of major indicators of Kazakhstani market for U.S. dollar (more than 98% of country currency market).

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US dollar trades at the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE)
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Toll                            USD TOM       USD TOM     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     140.85(+0.15) Not indicated           -      140.85
Volume of session (mln)  3.150(-15.080)         0.120           0       0.300 
Demand price                     140.84        140.87      140.80           -
Supply price                     140.85        140.92           -      141.00
Number of participants               19             5           4           4
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Indicative US dollar quotations in the interbank market in the information system REUTERS at KASE sessions closing (disregarding settlement dates)

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Demand price                     140.82         140.87                 140.81
Supply price                     140.88         140.97                 140.97
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Notes: Best bid and ask prices at closing of the trades are shown as the Exchange quotations.

By indicative interbank quotations of the dollar in REUTERS information system, tenge lost 5 points in comparison with previous day closing on demand and 3 points on supply.

After Wednesday's exchange market activity volume of transaction has remarkable decreased on today's morning and additional exchange trades in US dollar. The dollar quoting was especially non-active in the second half of day, when the spreads have grown and the sale quotations quite often were absent.

It is possible, that the main causes are today's State Securities placements. The total demand has exceeded 2.1 billion tenges, from which the notes and MEKKAM emitters have taken 1.35 billion. It has caused small decreasing of the dollar quotation at the end of a day.

Choice of banks is indicative. On all visibility, the dollar rate growth in this week regarded by the market participants as the local phenomenon. In the given situation the yield of the notes looks more predictable than the dollar rate.

Thus, judge by the dealers behavior, the dollar strengthening on the Kazakhstan market will be slowed tomorrow. However there is probability of local dollar rate decrease on Friday's KASE morning session.