Investment attractiveness of financial instruments at KASE from April 6 through 12

/IRBIS, Apr.13, 00/ - Following is the table that allows to compare investment attractiveness of the financial instruments, which were regularly traded or quoted at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) from April 6 through 12. In parentheses - figures of previous period. Instruments are given in descending order, based on their attractiveness. Financial Volume of deals, Volume of deals, instrument Currency Yield, % APR mln KZT mln USD ------------- -------- ------------- ---------------- ------------------ KOMBb USD 13.13 (12.81) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) KKGBb USD 12.36 (12.37) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) BTAS USD 12.15 (11.37) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) Euronotes-3 USD 11.11 (10.93) 1,025.6 (621.6) 7,201.2 (4,379.0) MEKAVM, MGU USD *8.48 (8.03) 720.3 (347.4) 5,057.6 (2,447.3) KZT (SS repo) USD *6.73 ( -) 399.3 ( 0) 2,806.7( 0) МЕККАМ, notes KZT *14.47 (16.35) 582.3 (587.4) 4,088.7 (4,137.9) KZT (SS repo) KZT *11.25 (10.54) 1,693.6 (643.4) 11,891.8 (4,532.2) -------------- -------- ------------- ---------------- ------------------ Notes: Yield of BTAS was calculated for 5 days by ask quotations; for KKGBb and KOMBb - as average for bid quotations. Tenge devaluation rate is estimated in the week by a trend of 12.27% APR. The yields, shown here, do not incorporate overhead expenses that are inevitable when conducting operations and fixing profits (commission and tax collections, membership fees etc). Marked by a star are the instruments with less than a year circulation term. Weighted average effective yields are given for them.