Within the first 11 months of 2005 volume of foreign exchange transactions on KASE reached $10,243.3 m. and increased in terms of dollar by 30.2%

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, December 1, 05/ - Within the first 11 months of 2005 total volume of foreign exchange transactions concluded on the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached the equivalent of $10,243.3 m. and has increased by $2,374.6 m. or by 30.2% in terms of dollar relative to similar period of last year. In tenge equivalent the turnover has increased by 28.2%. Following is the table with the volumes of foreign exchange transactions on KASE in 2005 grouped by months and types of currencies. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Total Volume of volume of trades, th. units equivalent: --------------------------- ------------------------- Month USD EUR RUB m. KZT th. USD --------- ---------- ------ ------- ----------- ------------ January 557,855 3,090 15,400 73,181.3 562,445.9 February 616,035 1,065 6,600 80,361.8 617,656.8 March 782,065 3,970 5,600 103,160.4 787,508.9 April 750,630 3,000 24,300 99,171.4 755,404.9 May 818,530 3,650 16,000 108,186.1 823,786.8 June 1,699,925 625 9,000 228,541.1 1,701,006.5 July 1,170,770 0 1,900 158,938.2 1,170,836.4 August 813,795 4,000 4,600 110,968.9 818,895.8 September 1,160,425 0 2,200 155,673.7 1,160,502.4 October 904,975 0 7,200 121,148.4 905,227.5 November 939,640 0 12,200 126,052.6 940,063.4 --------- ---------- ------ ------- ----------- ------------ TOTAL 10,214,645 19,400 105,000 1,365,384.0 10,243,335.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted average market rate of tenge to U.S. dollar calculated by IRBIS over all deals of the main (morning) session of KASE for the period from January 1, 05 till November 30, 05, equaled to KZT133.31 per dollar, over all stock exchange's deals - 133.30. Speed of tenge devaluation against dollar in nominal expression (at the exchange's rate) is estimated as of November 30, 2005 at 3.52% APR. In the first 11 months tenge devaluated against dollar in nominal expression by 3.22%. Corresponding indicator of the whole 2004 was 9.30%. [2005-12-01]