/IRBIS, March 6, 00/ - Following is the table of major indicators of Kazakhstani market for U.S. dollar (more than 98% of country's all 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    141.07(+0.23) Not indicated           -      141.09
Volume of session (mln)  5.230(+1.330)         0.950           0       0.500
Demand price                    141.06        140.07           -      141.00
Supply price                    141.07        141.11           -      141.20
Number of participants              19             7           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                    141.06         141.08                 141.04
Supply price                    141.10         141.14                 141.10
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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 14 points in comparison with previous day closing on demand and 10 points on supply of the American currency.

Despite an active quotation work of the dealers, no significant dynamics in the exchange rate of the dollar were observed on currency market of the country. Price of the American currency were about the weighted average rate that has settled by the results of the main session of KASE. With that, unlike the quotations on Friday trades, today the quotations were inclined to decrease in evening session with TOM and SPOT terms. Indicative quotations of the dollar on interbank market also showed low dynamism of the dollar in currency circulation sector today. Demand for the dollars was around KZT141.04 - 141.08 per unit.

By the results of the day no vivid trends were registered on the market. Based on these, it seems as if there would be no significant dynamics in the exchange rate of the dollar in the next trades of the week. The dollar will continue to firm against tenge caused by the holiday on Wednesday, which in turn, may get the banks to transfer part of their funds in tenge into U.S. dollars, thus, increasing the demand for them.