U.S. dollar market of Kazakhstan: day results

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, May 21, 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 136.36 -0.14 136.47 +0.02 - - ---------------------- -------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Maximum rate 136.50 0 136.65 +0.09 - - Volume on max. Price 5 0 500 +200 0 0 ---------------------- -------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Minimum rate 136.33 +0.12 136.40 +0.06 - - volume on min. Price 5 0 2005 +205 0 0 ---------------------- -------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Closing rate 136.44 +0.01 136.65 +0.25 - - ---------------------- -------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Weight. aver. rate 136.41 +0.06 136.49 +0.07 - - Volume of the session 4065 -7725 11300 +4155 0 0 Number of deals 35 -22 67 +31 0 0 Number of participants 15 +1 13 -4 0 0 ---------------------- -------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Best ask* 136.44 +0.01 136.60 +0.25 - - Best bid* 136.45 -0.05 136.66 +0.27 - - ---------------------- -------- ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- REUTERS Bid* 136.40 -0.01 136.48 +0.18 136.66 +0.33 REUTERS Ask* 136.50 -0.01 136.58 +0.18 136.78 +0.35 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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 ------ ------ ----- ------ ----- ------- ----- ----- ----- 136.65 500 1 500 1 15:27 15:27 136.64 300 1 300 1 15:27 15:27 136.60 1300 4 1300 4 15:17 15:26 136.59 300 1 300 1 15:18 15:18 136.58 600 2 600 2 15:17 15:18 136.56 100 1 100 1 15:17 15:17 136.55 500 1 500 1 14:52 14:52 136.50 5 1 400 1 405 2 10:52 14:52 136.47 600 2 600 2 11:30 14:52 136.46 5 1 700 4 705 5 10:15 14:52 136.45 845 6 845 6 12:06 14:41 136.44 1290 11 1200 8 2490 19 10:53 14:35 136.43 605 7 500 3 1105 10 10:47 14:37 136.42 350 2 1100 6 1450 8 10:56 12:31 136.41 100 2 350 5 450 7 10:30 12:30 136.40 150 2 2005 21 2155 23 10:29 12:30 136.39 500 3 500 3 10:25 10:27 136.37 50 1 50 1 10:25 10:25 136.36 1005 4 1005 4 10:15 10:20 136.33 5 1 5 1 10:21 10:21 ------ ------ ----- ------ ----- ------- ----- ----- ----- TOTAL 4065 35 11300 67 15365 102 10:15 15:27 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Parameters of unsatisfied demand and supply at trading system of KASE for the last 5 days (the amount of valid bids by the time of morning and day trades closed, th. USD) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Indicator May 17, 04 May 18, 04 May 19, 04 May 20, 04 May 21, 04 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Bid 13,520 4,760 7,365 2,595 8,755 Ask 795 4,435 6,485 4,000 6,045 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Difference -12,725 -325 -880 +1,405 -2,710 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New day brought no significant changes. The market can be characterized by lower activity of participants. Regardless of rebounded prices at afternoon market, dollar has low potential for further growth. Demand formed by banks remains low. IRBIS forecast for Monday: attempt to develop a readjustment course. [2004-05-21]