State Securities purchase and sale at KASE - no deals

/IRBIS, March 7, 00/ - Results of the next trades in domestic SS at Kazakhstan stock exchange including closing quotations: Annual yield to maturity, % Till --------------------------- In maturity, Average best best Volume, currency days for deals offer bid million KZT -------- --------- ---------- ------- ------- ----------- KZT 23 11.16 13.25 KZT 129 16.42 KZT 142 16.94 KZT 149 16.98 KZT 156 17.02 KZT 170 17.49 -------- --------- ---------- ------- ------- ----------- USD 143 0.64 10.00 USD 1,471 *11.67 *12.06 -------- --------- ---------- ------- ------- ----------- TOTAL * AVMEKAM, full yield to maturity calculated at weighted average rate of the Exchange for current day. Yields, shown for securities denominated in USD, are calculated by IRBIS at the official rate on the transaction date (KZT140.85 per dollar). For all coupon SS, which are traded at KASE, from February 14, 2000 data on the deals are processed by using the time basis of 360/30. Previously, deals in AVMEKAM were processed using the actual time basis.