STATISTICS: Weekly volume of transactions in PIS at KASE - $673.4 th.

/IRBIS, May 2, 00/ - During the eighteenth week (May 24 - 30) of current year total turnover of private issue securities (PIS) trade sector of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached $673.4 th., including six deals made in regular trade mode (trades on the secondary market) for an amount of $335.0 th. and 12 deals made at initial auction additional placement of coupon bonds of OJSC "Almaty Kus" (KZ2C3AF64A13, KASE official list of securities, category "A", trade code ALKSb) for an amount of $338.4 th. In terms of securities the volume reached 39,670 shares, including 4,770 shares and 34,900 bonds (3,400 - ALKSb and 31,500 - KOMBb). During previous week five deals were registered in the sector amounting to $364.3 th. (54,936 shares). Besides ALKSb, four deals were made during the week: - preferred shares of OJSC "Aktobemunaigas" (AMGZp, "Non-listed securities" sector, admittance level 2); - coupon bonds of OJSC "Komirbank" (KOMBb, official list of securities, category "A"); - preferred shares of OJSC "KAZAKHTELECOM" (KZTKp, official list of securities, category "A"); - preferred shares of OJSC "Mangistaumunaigas" (MMGZp, official list of securities, category "B"). Four deals of this week, excluding initial auction additional placement, were direct (3 in last week), that is, they were made by the brokers in Quotation system of KASE, which automatically excludes satisfaction of the bids in counter auction mode. Two deals, the same number as in last week, were made using counter auction mode.