Consolidated indicators of interbank foreign currency market of Kazakhstan in April 2004

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, Andrey Tsalyuk, May11, 04/ - IRBIS Financial markets information agency (Almaty) generalized the official information provided by the National bank and the data of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange Inc. (KASE) on interbank currency market of Kazakhstan in April and March 2004. Results of such generalization appear in the table below. Comparative data on foreign currency operations at Kazakhstan interbank market in April and March 2004 (in millions of currency): ------------------------------------- - ---------------- - --------------- March: February: Change: ---------------- ---------------- --------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Market sector purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale -------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - -------- ------ US dollar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 546.1 546.1 534.8 534.8 +11.3 +11.3 Out of KASE: 620 645 577.4 624.6 +42.6 +20.4 Residents 579 579 558.8 558.8 +20.2 +20.2 non-residents 41 66 , 18.5 65.8 , +22.5 +0.2 Total 1,125.1 1,125.1 , 1,093.6 1,093.6 , +31.5 +31.5 KASE market share, % 48.5 48.5 , 48.9 48.9 , -0.4 -0.4 -------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - -------- ------ Russian Rouble -------------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 0 0 0.200 0.200 -0.200 -0.200 Out of KASE: 398 111 414.2 61.2 -16.2 +49.8 residents 45 45 36.7 36.7 +8.3 +8.3 non-residents 353 66 377.5 24.5 -24.5 +41.5 Total 45.0 45.0 36.9 36.9 +8.1 +8.1 Out of KASE, % 0 0 0.5 0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - -------- ------ EURO -------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - -------- ------ KASE 0 0 0.200 0.200 -0.200 -0.200 Out of KASE: 14 11 6.7 6.2 +7.3 +4.8 residents 11 11 6.2 6.2 +4.8 +4.8 non-residents 3 0 0.5 0.012 +2.5 -0.01 Total 11.0 11.0 6.4 6.4 +4.6 +4.6 KASE market share, % 0 0 3.1 3.1 -3.1 -3.1 ------------------------------------- - ---------------- - --------------- Comparative data on weighted average foreign exchange rates at Kazakhstan interbank market in April and March 2004 (KZT per unit of foreign currency) ------------------------------------------------------------ March: February: Change: --------------- --------------- -------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ----- Market purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale ------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ----- US dollar ------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 138.15 138.15 138.94 138.94 -0.79 -0.79 Out of KASE: 138.17 138.19 139.02 139.02 -0.85 -0.83 residents 138.18 138.18 139.02 139.02 -0.84 -0.84 non-residents 138.08 138.26 139.14 139.06 -1.06 -0.80 ------------------------------------------------------------ Russian Rouble ------------------------------------------------------------ KASE - - - - X X Out of KASE: 4.82 4.64 4.88 4.88 -0.06 -0.24 residents 4.82 4.82 4.89 4.89 -0.1 -0.1 non-residents 4.82 4.51 4.88 4.87 -0.1 -0.36 ------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ----- EURO ------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ----- KASE - - 170.03 170.03 X X Out of KASE: 165.06 164.94 170.74 170.90 -5.68 -5.96 residents 164.82 164.82 170.89 170.89 -6.07 -6.07 non-residents 165.90 168.36 168.85 172.58 -2.95 -4.22 ------------------------------------------------------------ Information on exchange market is based on KASE data, information on over- the-counter market is based on National bank's data. KASE market share is calculated on the basis of comparable operations, since non-residents of Kazakhstan are not allowed to operate at KASE. [2004-05-11]