State Securities purchase and sale at KASE - 250.4 deals

/IRBIS, March 9, 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 21 12.75 2.0 KZT 35 11.04 14.98 KZT 71 13.96 KZT 85 15.39 14.93 48.3 KZT 96 15.57 14.94 96.1 KZT 147 16.79 KZT 154 16.70 KZT 168 16.86 15.93 16.94 92.8 KZT 288 17.23 17.56 -------- --------- ---------- ------- ------- ----------- USD* 141 14.10 0.3 USD 1469 **11.67 **10.90 **12.07 11.0 -------- --------- ---------- ------- ------- ----------- TOTAL 250.4 * MGU - bonds of the local executive body of Mangistau oblast; ** 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 (KZT141.05 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.