STATISTICS: Weekly volume of transactions in securities at KASE - $1,763.9 th

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/IRBIS, Oct 06, 00/ - During the forty first calendar week (October 02-08) 17 deals for a total of $1,763.9 th. were made in the secondary market of securities trade sector of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). Total value decreased by 39% (pervious week figures 13 deals for $2,888.7 th.). In terms of securities the volume decreased 5 times (from 694,414 to 131,715 on a previous week). During the week deals were made in 9 instruments. The most liquid were: - preferred shares of Kazakhtelecom (KZTKp, official list of KASE securities, category "A") - 42.0% of the total market turnover; - common shares of Bank TuranAlem OJSC (BTAS, official list of KASE securities, category "A") - 31.9%; - bonds of Almaty Merchant Bank CJSC (ATFBb, official list of KASE securities, category "A") - 17.5% of the total market turnover; Volume of deals in other securities was insignificant. Six out of 17 deals were direct, i.e. conducted in the KASE quotations system excluding automatic satisfaction of bids in counter auction mode. Remaining11 deals were concluded using counter auction method (main trade method at KASE). The share of market deals in weekly market turnover totalled 91.7%. The auction for floatation of Almaty Merchant Bank CJSC coupon bonds of the first issue was held on Oct 02. (KZ2CKAN3AA16,Oct 02 - Oct 02, 2001, $5 mln, semiannual coupon 10.5% APR). Nominal value of the issue is $1.3 mln. Deals volume amounted $1,293.2 th. Thus, total volume of deals in securities at KASE for the period in question reached $3,057.1 th.