/IRBIS, May 24, 00/ - Following is the table of major indicators of Kazakhstani market for U.S. dollar (more than 98% of country's all currency market).

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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 trades (ALM)          10:15-11:00   11:30-15:30 14:00-18:00 14:00-18:00
Weighted average rate      142.38 (+0.05) Not indicated           -           -
Volume of session (mln)    4.325 (-3.025)         0.700           0           0
Bid                                142.36        142.35           -     *142.40
Offer                              142.37        142.36           -           -
Number of participants                 17            11           1           1
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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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Bid                                142.33        142.32                  142.35
Offer                              142.38        142.38                  142.41
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Notes: Best bid and offer prices at closing of the trades are shown as the Exchange quotations. If such prices are absent in trade system of KASE, the last quotations, marked by a star, are given (in this case, for USD_SPOT at 5:43 PM).

By indicative interbank quotations of the dollar in REUTERS information system, tenge lost 5 points on demand and - 8 points on supply of the American currency in comparison with previous day closing

There were no any fundamental changes on the dollar market. Insufficient fluctuations of tenge rate are observed. The limited tenge liquidity and significant supply of the US dollar by commercial banks were the main reasons for tenge strengthening at the beginning of current week. Today, the prices and quotations of a dollar show complete stabilization of the market. Some strengthening of a dollar happened at midday. However, dollar again lost its pace at the closing of main session of KASE.

During the day, the quotations of shortest money have registered a growth. At the closing of the market, quotation was 6/11% APR. The tenge deficit is still felt and this affected today's floatation of NBK notes. It is expected that money prices will normalize tomorrow that is related with forthcoming redemption of a domestic debt.

The indicators' behavior allows to presume that main KASE trades at Thursday will be marked by slight tenge weakening and dollar demand growth.