State Securities purchase and sale at KASE - KZT275.4 mln

/IRBIS, March 21, 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 3 9.71 KZT 59 15.24 1.1 KZT 73 15.47 15.69 8.7 KZT 156 16.76 8.4 KZT 352 18.01 -------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- ----------- USD 16 6.85 USD 30 7.57 USD 37 7.93 9.94 USD* 129 8.70 8.94 11.51 222.4 USD 212 8.96 USD** 275 9.79 12.26 USD*** 279 9.20 11.50 USD 280 9.01 USD 325 9.86 9.20 34.9 USD 331 9.25 USD 346 9.30 USD 1,457 ****10.56 ****11.47 -------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- ----------- TOTAL 275.4 * MGU - bonds of local executive body of Mangistau region; ** ASU - bonds of local executive body of Astana; *** ALU - bonds local executive body of Almaty; **** 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 (KZT141.50 per dollar).