/KASE, March 19, 05/ - Today at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) 142 deals were concluded at the repo floors (including automatic repo sector) for a total amount of KZT22,879.6 m. Results of trades are given in the table. Repo opening transactions, which are made only through open-trade method, are marked with asterisk.

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                              Repo rate, % APR
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Type of   Calendar            weighted average   Volume
repo        terms,           -----------------      KZT   Number
deal          days  min  max nominal effective       m. of deals
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Open             4 0.10 4.00    1.48      1.49 12,939.0       73
Open*           16 1.60 1.60    1.60      1.61    500.0        1
Open            37 6.00 6.00    6.00      6.16    600.0        2
Open           365 8.00 8.00    8.00      8.00    364.2       16
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Subtotal:                                      14,403.2       92
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Close            1 0.10 2.40    1.14      1.15  8,437.3       45
Close           25 3.00 3.07    3.01      3.05     34.1        4
Close           46 2.26 2.26    2.26      2.28      5.0        1
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Subtotal:                                       8,476.4       50
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TOTAL:                                         22,879.6      142
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[2005-03-18]