/IRBIS, Aug. 02, 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 July 27 to August 02. 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALKSb          USD       15.22 (15.24)             0 ( 0)               0 ( 0)
MEKKAM, notes  KZT       *7.77 (12.11)    3,057.1 (973.7)   21,432.1 (6,822.9)
KOMBb          USD       13.50 (13.66)             0 ( 0)               0 ( 0)
GS repos       KZT        *6.86 (5.32)  6,990.1 (2,310.6)  49,005.1 (16,191.0)
HSBKb          USD       12.74 (12.14)          50.2 ( 0)           351.7 ( 0)
KZOLb          USD       11.75 (11.40)        18.6 (78.8)        130.1 (551.9)
TMJLb          USD       11.30 (11.41)        71.1 (75.1)        498.2 (525.8)
KKGBb          USD       10.23 (10.23)             0 ( 0)               0 ( 0)
Euronotes-4    USD       10.06 (10.18)      636.3 (292.8)    4,461.0 (2,051.6)
Euronotes-2    USD         9.83 (9.88)        38.7 (17.2)        271.0 (120.2)
Euronotes-3    USD         9.81 (9.94)       573.8 (91.7)      4,023.0 (642.8)
Securities                                                                    
repos          USD       *8.50 (11.50)        76.6 (20.0)        536.9 (140.2)
MEKAVM         USD        *4.54 (9.25)      177.8 (174.4)    1,246.2 (1,122.0)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Notes: yield of HSBKb, KZOLb, TMJLb is calculated as average of the deals; for ALKSb, KKGBb, KOMBb - as average of offer quotations.

In this week tenge devaluation rate is estimated at weighted average rate of the main session of KASE by a negative trend of 6.56% APR (tenge revalued against the dollar).

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.