STATISTICS: weekly volume of transactions in forex at KASE - equivalent of $26.100 mln

/IRBIS, Oct 06, 00/ - During the forty first calendar week of year 2000 (October 02-08) trades in U.S. dollars, Deutsche marks and Euro on TOD, TOM and SPOT terms were held in foreign exchange sector of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). Three trade sessions were held during each day: the morning (main, USD_TOD, DEM_TOD, EUR_TOD), day (additional USD_TOD, DEM_TOD, EUR_TOD) and evening (USD_TOM, USD_SPOT, DEM_TOM, EUR_TOM). In U.S. dollars (hereafter corresponding figures for previous month are given in parentheses): 291 (512) deals were made for a total of $26,100 th. ($44,270 th.). Average volume of the trading day at KASE in U.S. dollars equalled $5,220 th. ($8,854 th.). Tenge devaluation against the U.S. dollar, calculated at weighted average rate of the Exchange on October 06 (by results of the morning session), is estimated by a trend: - short-term (week) - negative 2.9% (-2.6%) APR, - mid-term (last 30 days) - negative 2.3% (0.6%) APR, - long-term (from the beginning of this year) - 4.0% (4.2%) APR. No deals were made in Deutsche marks and Euros. In total, weekly deals volume in KASE forex market amounted to KZT3,718.6 mln (KZT6,312.9 mln) From September 28 to October 04 (more earlier data are unavailable) daily `volume of deals in the U.S. dollars on the interbank over-the-counter market between Kazakhstan residents varied from $12,136.0 th. to $21,415.0 th.