U.S. dollar market of Kazakhstan: day results

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, March 23, 04/ - Following is the table of major indicators of Kazakhstan market for U.S. dollar (over 99% of country's foreign exchange market) according to results of the day. Values are given in tenge per dollar, volume - th. USD, trends are shown relative to corresponding figures of previous trading day. Results of trades at Kazakhstan stock exchange ------------------------------------------------------------------ Instrument USD TOD USD TOD USD TOM KASE's session Main Additional Additional (morning) (day) (evening) Time 10:15 - 11:00 ALT 11:30-15:30 14:00-18:00 ----------------- ------------ ------------ Indicator Value Trend Value trend value trend ---------------------- --------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Opening rate 139.00 0 138.83 -0.10 - - ---------------------- --------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Maximum rate 139.10 +0.10 138.88 -0.05 - - Volume on max. Price 5 0 350 -250 0 0 ---------------------- --------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Minimum rate 138.65 -0.07 138.81 +0.01 - - volume on min. Price 5 -765 350 -250 0 0 ---------------------- --------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Closing rate 138.80 -0.15 138.88 +0.08 - - ---------------------- --------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Weight. aver. rate 138.80 -0.03 138.85 0 - - Volume of the session 14665 +7140 8040 -2765 0 0 Number of deals 136 +15 52 -14 0 0 Number of participants 13 -4 12 -5 0 0 ---------------------- --------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Best ask* 138.79 -0.11 138.87 +0.11 - - Best bid* 138.81 -0.14 138.88 +0.02 - - ---------------------- --------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- REUTERS Bid* 138.78 -0.09 138.81 +0.03 138.73 -0.02 REUTERS Ask* 138.88 -0.09 138.91 +0.03 138.83 -0.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------ * at closing of the session at KASE, out of stock exchange - by the data of REUTERS Table of price levels of trade in US dollar at KASE on TOD terms --------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL BY RESULTS OF THE DAY: Morning Day ------------------------ Session: session: time (ALT): Price ------------ ------------ ----------- level volume deals volume deals volume deals from to ------ ------ ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- 139.10 5 1 5 1 10:15 10:15 139.00 5 1 5 1 10:15 10:15 138.88 350 4 350 4 15:28 15:29 138.87 1770 12 1770 12 14:40 15:29 138.86 1560 10 1560 10 14:11 15:27 138.85 1360 13 1360 13 14:06 15:26 138.84 400 2 850 5 1250 7 10:46 15:07 138.83 100 1 1500 5 1600 6 10:47 14:37 138.82 1400 8 300 1 1700 9 10:42 14:35 138.81 6000 40 350 2 6350 42 10:41 14:36 138.80 4175 32 4175 32 10:40 10:59 138.79 105 2 105 2 10:40 10:40 138.76 100 1 100 1 10:39 10:39 138.75 1460 31 1460 31 10:24 10:38 138.74 910 16 910 16 10:34 10:38 138.65 5 1 5 1 10:15 10:15 ------ ------ ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- TOTAL 14665 136 8040 52 22705 188 10:15 15:29 --------------------------------------------------------- Parameters of unsatisfied demand and supply at trading system of KASE for the last 5 days (the amount of active bids by the time of morning and day trades closed, th. USD) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Indicator Mar 16, 04 Mar 17, 04 Mar 18, 04 Mar 19, 04 Mar 23, 04 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Bid 3,300 3,150 8,680 7,495 4,760 Ask 5,785 1,975 6,355 3,000 3,965 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Difference +2,485 -1,175 -2,325 -4,495 -795 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Market pattern retains status quo. Prices were consolidated at adequate parity of American currency demand and supply. The notable feature of the day - resuming of traditional disposition of participants at KASE. The influence of this factor kept price channel narrow. Demand for dollar looked strong and allowed USD to strengthen its positions, which were unstable in the course morning trades, closing session. IRBIS forecast for Wednesday: positioned trades and insignificant rate fluctuations in either directions. [2004-03-23]