Capitalization of the Kazakhstan Exchange market of corporate bonds grew by $30.0 mln up to $135.3 mln in October

/IRBIS, Nov.1, 00/ - On October 31 capitalization of the Exchange market for corporate bonds, calculated at face values of the securities (total face values of all bonds entered into the KASE trade lists), equaled $135.3 mln. or KZT19,288.2 mln at current exchange rate and increased by $30.0 mln within a month. Increase in capitalization was due to entering the bonds of NOTC KazTransOil CJSC (Astana) into official list of the KASE securities under category "A". Capitalization of the corporate bonds of Kazakhstan based on their best bids, that put out regularly by their market-makers in the trade system of the Exchange, was fixed at $127.4 mln or KZT18,171.1 mln at current rate of the Exchange as of October 31. As of late October, 11 corporate bonds of 11 issuers are in trade lists of the KASE. Ten of them are in official list of the securities under category "A". The trades are open in bonds of ten issuers (except for the bonds of the KEGOC OJSC, which were not placed).