For five months of 2002 volume of currency transactions at KASE reached $870.2mln and grew by 25.2% relative to corresponding period of 2001

/IRBIS, June 03,02/ - For five months of 2002 volume of currency transactions at KASE reached equivalent of $870,210.2th and grew by $174,926.2th or 25.2% relative to corresponding period of 2001. In 2001 the volume of transactions on foreign currency at KASE totaled $1,961.9m. Below there is a table of the volumes of deals on foreign currency at KASE in 2002 with spacing for months. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total volume of trades, in th units. Volume in equivalent, ------------------------------------- Volume, Month USD EUR RUR mln KZT th. USD -------- ------------- --------- ----------- --------- --------------------- January 150,880 0 27,100 23,011.7 151,766.3 February 138,810 80 18,400 21,203.7 139,475.4 March 156,335 345 2,700 23,855.5 156,724.0 April 202,065 0 5,400 30,892.1 202,238.1 May 219,790 230 100 33,652.0 220,006.4 -------- ------------- --------- ----------- --------- --------------------- TOTAL 867,880 655 53,700 132,614.9 870,210.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted average market rate of tenge to dollar in 2002, calculated with deals of main session at KASE, totaled KZT152.40 per dollar by IRBIS appraisal Devaluation of tenge to dollar on stock market rate is estimated to be 3.62% APR as for May 31, 2002. Level of tenge devaluation in 2001 was equal to 3.82% APR. [2002-06-03]