/IRBIS, Apr.6, 00/ - Following is the table of major indicators of Kazakhstani market for U.S. dollar (more than 98% of country's all currency market). Trades in U.S. dollars at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE)

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US dollar trades at the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE)
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Instrument                        USD TOD       USD TOD     USD TOM    USD SPOT
Session                              Main   Additional.     Evening     Evening
Time of the trades (ALM)      10:15-11:00   11:30-15:30 14:00-18:00 14:00-18:00
Weighted average rate      142.19 (+0.21) Not indicated           -           -
Volume of session (mln)    9.335 (+6.720)         4.000           0           0
Ask                                142.19        142.32      142.26      142.30
Bid                                142.20        142.34           -           -
Number of participants                 18             7           2           2
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Indicative US dollar quotations in the interbank market in the information system REUTERS at KASE sessions closing (disregarding settlement dates)

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Ask                                142.17         142.31                 142.28
Bid                                142.22         142.38                 142.35
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Notes: Best bid and ask prices at closing of the trades are shown as the
       Exchange quotations.

By indicative interbank quotations of the dollar in REUTERS information system, tenge lost 23 points in comparison with previous day closing on demand and 23 points on supply of the American currency.

Today's exchange market was the most active in the current week. According to the dealers (REUTERS interrogation), already since second half of Tuesday there is redundant tenge liquidity. Today dealers, knowing about forthcoming SS redemption, have augmented volume of demand. The active US dollar trade was observed not only on the main, but also on the additional session, on which trades volume has reached a record level of 4 million dollars.

The evening exchange session at the forward accounts was not so active. Demand predominated; its price was above average weighted rate of the morning session. This fact, on the one hand, shown desire of the banks to buy dollar, on the other it testified, that the quotations were too high to do it. Most probable, dollar will grow at approximately the same speed at the main session KASE on Friday. At that the higher trades volume is not excluded, as the SS emitters has not manage to sterilize banks'' correspondent accounts by two placements. Though, by the National Bank behavior, it more interested in the gradual tenge devaluation.