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

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, June 8, 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 March and April 2004. Results of such generalization appear in the table below. Comparative data on foreign currency operations at Kazakhstan interbank market in May and April 2004 (in millions of currency): --------------------------------------------------------------------- May: April: Change: -------------- -------------- --------------- Market sector purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale -------------------- -------- ---- -------- ---- -------- ----- US dollar --------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 576 576 546 546 +30.0 +30.0 Out of KASE: 583 705 620 645 -37.0 +60.0 Residents 576 576 579 579 -3.0 -3.0 non-residents 7 129 41 66 -34.0 +63.0 Total 1159 1281 1166 1191 -7.0 -39.0 KASE market share, % 50.0 50.0 48.5 48.5 +1.5 +1.5 -------------------- -------- ---- -------- ---- -------- ----- Russian Rouble --------------------------------------------------------------------- KASE 6.5 6.5 0 0 +6.5 +6.5 Out of KASE: 406 64 398 111 +8.0 -47.0 residents 58 58 45 45 +13.0 +13.0 non-residents 348 6 353 66 -5.0 -60.0 Total 412.5 70.5 398 111 +14.5 -40.5 Out of KASE, % 10.1 10.1 0 0 +10.1 +10.1 -------------------- -------- ---- -------- ---- -------- ----- EURO -------------------- -------- ---- -------- ---- -------- ----- KASE 16.1 16.1 0 0 +16.1 +16.1 Out of KASE: 5 2 14 11 -9.0 -9.0 residents 2 2 11 11 -9.0 -9.0 non-residents 4 0 3 0 +1.0 0 Total 21.1 18.1 14 11 +7.1 +7.1 KASE market share, % 89 89 0 0 +89.0 +89.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Comparative data on weighted average foreign exchange rates at Kazakhstan interbank market in May and April 2004 (KZT per unit of foreign currency) ------------------------------------------------------------------ May: April: Change: ---------------- ---------------- --------------- Market purchase sale purchase sale purchase sale ------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ----- US dollar ------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 137.10 137.10 138.15 138.15 -1.05 -1.05 Out of KASE: 137.00 137.10 138.17 138.19 -1.17 -1.09 residents 137.00 137.00 138.18 138.18 -1.18 -1.18 non-residents 137.10 137.56 138.08 138.26 -0.98 -0.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russian Rouble ------------------------------------------------------------------ KASE 4.75 4.75 - - X X Out of KASE: 4.73 4.73 4.82 4.64 -0.09 +0.09 residents 4.74 4.74 4.82 4.82 -0.1 -0.1 non-residents 4.73 4.73 4.82 4.51 -0.1 +0.22 ------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ----- EURO ------------- -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ----- KASE 166.66 166.66 - - X X Out of KASE: 165.01 165.89 165.06 164.94 -0.05 +0.95 residents 165.89 165.89 164.82 164.82 +1.07 +1.07 non-residents 164.57 0 165.90 168.36 -1.33 X ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. [2004-06-08]