/IRBIS, July 01, 02/ - In two quarters of 2002 total volume of transactions made at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached an equivalent of $1,101,250.3th and increased by $48,888.0th, or 37.6% relative to similar period of last year.

During the year 2001 foreign currency transactions volume at KASE was estimated by equivalent $1,961.9m.

Following is the table with the volumes of foreign currency transactions at KASE in 2002, which is grouped by months.

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                               Total
         volume of trades, th. unit.                   Volume
         ---------------------------   Volume, of equivalent,
Month            USD     EUR     RUR     m 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
June         228,290   2,000  27,100  35,379.8      231,040.0
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Total      1,096,170   2,655  80,800 167,994.7    1,101,250.3
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Weighted average market rate of tenge to U.S. dollar in 2002, calculated based on the deals of the main session of the KASE, equaled by IRBIS estimates KZT152.56 per dollar.

Devaluation rate of tenge to dollar is estimated as of June 30,2002 at 3.13% APR based on the rate of the Exchange. In 2001 tenge devaluation level was 3.82%.

[2002-07-01]