Investment attractiveness of financial instruments at KASE since February 19 till February 25

/IRBIS, Assel Omarova, February 26, 04/ - Following is the table that allows to compare investment attractiveness of financial instruments - bonds and repo instruments, which were regularly traded or quoted at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) in the period since February 19 till February 25. Trends are given relative to previous week. Instruments are given in descending order within the groups, based upon their attractiveness. ------------------------------------------ Yield, % APR Financial Currency of ------------ instrument transaction value trend --------------- ----------- ----- ----- Non-indexed instruments denominated in tenge ------------------------------------------ MEIKAM KZT 15.83 0 UKPFb1 KZT 14.00 0 TXBNb2 KZT 11.00 0 TXBNb1 KZT 10.50 0 YASYb1 KZT 10.00 0 BTAIb1 KZT 9.50 0 VTZLb1 KZT 9.25 -0.01 VTTHb1 KZT 8.98 -0.52 VTSKb2 KZT 8.94 -0.56 HSBKb3 KZT 8.00 +0.40 UKTCb1 KZT 8.00 0 CS repo* KZT 7.84 +0.19 EUBNb1 KZT 7.50 +0.50 ARNAb1 KZT 7.00 0 ATFBb3 KZT 7.00 -1.49 KKGBb3 KZT 6.50 0 INCAb1 KZT 5.77 +0.08 MEOKAM KZT 5.69 -0.05 МЕККАМ, notes* KZT 4.64 -0.13 GS repo* KZT 3.32 +0.09 ------------------------------------------ Instruments indexed on inflation ------------------------------------------ CCBNb3 KZT 10.08 +1.68 KZIKb3 KZT 8.34 -0.16 BTASb3 KZT 6.70 +0.05 KZIKb1 KZT 6.00 0 KZIKb2 KZT 5.34 -0.07 ------------------------------------------ Instruments indexed on devaluation of tenge to US dollar ------------------------------------------ VTBNb1 USD 10.67 +4.38 ALKSb2 USD 10.05 -0.38 ORDBb1 USD 10.00 -0.46 ATFBb2 USD 9.50 +1.93 BTASb2 USD 8.70 -0.57 ARU060.003 USD 8.59 +3.00 ASBNb1 USD 8.53 -1.15 BTASb1 USD 8.50 -0.26 CSBNb1 USD 8.26 +0.06 CCBNb1 USD 8.00 0 HSBKb USD 8.00 0 TEBNb2 USD 8.00 0 LARIb1 USD 7.75 0 TEBNb USD 7.48 +0.06 KKGBb2 USD 7.00 0 ALBNb1 USD 7.00 0 HSBKb2 USD 7.00 -0.20 NRBNb1 USD 6.90 -2.40 NRBNb2 USD 6.60 +0.08 ART060.004 USD 6.50 0 AST048.006 USD 6.11 -0.16 BRKZb1 USD 6.10 -1.79 TMJLb2 USD 6.03 -0.28 KZAPb1 USD 6.01 0 AST048.005 USD 6.01 -0.08 AST036.004 USD 5.91 -0.04 ASU036.003 USD 5.81 0 VKU036.002 USD 5.50 0 VKU036.001 USD 5.00 0 ------------------------------------------ Instruments denominated on devaluation of tenge to US dollar with protection from strengthening of tenge against dollar ------------------------------------------ RGBRb3 USD 9.96 -0.57 ASFIb2 USD 9.50 +3.00 ASFIb3 USD 8.80 0 CSBNb3 USD 8.68 -0.02 CSBNb2 USD 8.55 +0.05 TEBNb3 USD 8.53 +0.03 ASBNb2 USD 8.50 0 KZTCb1 USD 8.09 +0.09 KARMb2 USD 8.05 +0.05 CCBNb2 USD 8.00 0 KZPSb1 USD 5.77 +0.02 --------------- ----------- ----- ----- Non-indexed instruments denominated in foreign currency ------------------------------------------ KKGBe4 USD 7.50 0 KKGBe2 USD 7.43 0 BTASe3 USD 6.88 0 KKGBe3 USD 6.61 +1.58 BRKZe2 USD 6.31 -0.13 BTASe2 USD 5.59 -0.33 KZTOe1 USD 4.69 -0.02 BRKZe1 USD 4.27 -0.03 BTASe1 USD 4.25 +0.15 ENU07.05 USD 3.79 -0.05 IFO bonds USD 2.70 0 IFO bonds EUR 2.13 +0.02 ------------------------------------------ Yields of bonds at which deals were made are calculated as average of the deals. Yields of other bonds are calculated as average of sale quotations. On bonds with floating coupon forecasted yield is given. Devaluation of tenge relative to dollar at weighted average rate of the main session at KASE during the analyzing period is estimated at 1.8% APR. The yields shown here do not incorporate overhead expenses that are inevitable when conducting operations and fixing profits. Securities marked by an asterisk are the instruments with less than a year circulation term. Weighted average effective yields are given for them. [2004-02-26]