SS purchase and sale at KASE - KZT29.4 mln

/IRBIS, March 16, 00/ - Results of the next trades in domestic State Securities at Kazakhstan stock exchange including closing quotations: Annual yield to maturity, % Till --------------------------- maturity, Average best best Volume, Currency days for deals bid ask million KZT -------- --------- ---------- ------- ------- ----------- KZT 7 12.51 12.51 2.0 KZT 78 14.78 KZT 89 14.92 KZT 281 17.40 17.40 15.0 -------- --------- ---------- ------- ------- ----------- USD 134 9.79 12.50 USD 280 10.61 12.24 USD 284 10.00 11.80 USD 330 9.31 1.3 USD 1462 *11.09 *11.02 *11.46 11.2 -------- --------- ---------- ------- ------- ----------- TOTAL 29.4 * 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 (KZT141.30 per dollar). IRBIS remains that since March 15, 2000 IRBIS and KASE have changed algorithm of the yield of coupon bonds calculation at the trades results processing.