At KASE volume of deals in $1,000 futures contracts reached $150 th.

/IRBIS, March 14, 00/ - Today at KASE 4 deals were made during the next trades in $1,000 futures non-delivery contracts. Total volume of trades equaled 150 contracts. All deals concerned opening new positions. Following are the trade results. Contract Settlement Settlement Price Number Volume of code date price, KZT trend, of deals deals, per USD KZT contract. ----------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------- --------- FUSD0005UN May.26.00 144.00 -2.00 1 30 FUSD0006UN June 30.00 146.80 -4.40 1 50 FUSD0007UN July 28.00 152.00 -8.00 1 50 FUSD0008UN Aug.25.00 154.00 -9.00 1 20 TOTAL 150 ----------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------- --------- Deals concerned closing of existing positions, As a result, after closing of the trades only 5 contracts (amount of opened interest - 5 th. USD) were left on the floor with settlements in March (FUSD0003UN).