In December 2000 volume of deals in GB at the KASE totalled KZT70,441.0 mln, in Year 2000 - KZT446.9 bln

/IRBIS, Jan.03, 01/ - In December of year 2000, 748 deals for a total of KZT70,441.0 mln ($486.4 mln at the current exchange rate of KASE) were made in all sectors of the government bonds (GB) market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange. In previous month total volume of 705 deals totalled KZT41,512.7 mln ($228.0 mln). In purchase and sale sector 400 deals were made for a total of KZT28,900.8 mln. In comparison with previous month the sector's turnover grew by 19.1%. Statistical indicators and turnover structure are given in the table (in parentheses - comparable figures of previous month). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yield to maturity for the buyer, % APR. Days ------------------------------- Volume, mln KZT Number till maturity min max last WA at discount of deals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discounted GB: MEKKAM-3, 6, 12, notes 20.8% (30.3%) of the sector's turnover ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- less than 8 4.00 7.10 6.56 5.26 (6.08) 1,464.4 27 8 - 14 5.47 8.11 6.74 6.40 (6.84) 1,076.5 27 15 - 28 6.08 7.55 7.00 7.12 (6.93) 306.6 11 29 - 36 5.66 7.58 7.58 7.01 (7.06) 162.0 8 37 - 42 7.83 7.83 7.83 7.83 (7.01) 11.9 1 43 - 56 7.50 7.66 7.60 7.66 (8.24) 594.4 5 57 - 63 7.31 7.82 7.82 7.52 (7.50) 212.1 8 64 - 91 7.25 7.92 7.70 7.56 (7.39) 159.9 19 92 - 181 8.00 8.26 8.01 8.12 (8.05) 143.7 4 182 - 364 8.96 11.21 9.15 9.81 (9.82) 1,873.6 28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,005.2 (5,223.6) 138 (161) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discounted indexed GB: MEKAVM-12 2.0% (5.9%) of sector's turnover ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 - 56 6.75 8.50 6.80 5.85 ( -) 207.6 5 64 - 91 6.90 8.00 6.90 8.01 (8.01) 376.1 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 583.7 (1,009.2) 11 (15) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coupon GB: MEOKAM-24, 36 2.9% (5.6%) of sector's turnover ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 671 - 1091 16.22 18.12 18.01 17.63 (16.51) 828.2 30 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 828.2 (963.5) 30 (26) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Euronotes of Kazakhstan, USD 74.3% (58.2%) of sector's turnover ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- *633 - 656 8.54 9.12 9.19 9.04 (9.05) 1,168.2 32 **1398 - 1427 8.43 9.09 8.53 8.75 (9.12) 9,027.1 135 ***2322 - 2350 9.00 9.51 9.02 9.13 (9.58) 11,288.3 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,483.7 (10,043.7) 221 (166) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRANDTOTAL 28900.8 (17240.0) 400 (368) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: For euronotes (* - second issue, ** - third issue, *** - fourth issue) volumes were calculated at weighted average USD/KZT rate of the Exchange. Volumes of indexed domestic GB were calculated at official USD/KZT rate. In repo sector of KASE 348 deals were registered for a total of KZT41,540.3 mln in December. Corresponding figure for the previous month - 337 deals for KZT24,272.7 mln. In December the share of the Exchange's turnover in total volume of the deals made on the Kazakhstan secondary market of GB based on comparable operations (including euronotes and repo deals) equalled 79.1% (in November - 66.3%). Below is the table presenting monthly volumes of deals in GB at KASE in year 2000 (mln U.S. dollars). -------------------------------------------------------- Sector of the GS exchange market --------------------------------- Month Primary Purchase-sale Repo Total -------------------------------------------------------- January 7,295.9 2,133.0 9,428.9 February 13,832.7 2,854.5 16,687.2 March 10,389.4 10,448.1 20,837.4 April 7,740.1 17067.0 24,807.1 May 13,0024 15,928.1 28,930.5 June 11,407.8 23,592.0 34,999.7 July 650.0 8,282.1 35,152.3 44,084.4 August 11,369.3 36,744.8 48,114.1 September 14,659.2 49,410.1 64,069.3 October 21,219.9 21,754.4 42,974.3 November 17,240.0 24,272.7 41,512.7 December 28,900.8 41,540.3 70,441.1 -------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 650.0 165,339.6 280,897.3 446,886.9 In 1999 the volume of GB operations at KASE was equal to KZT161,460.7 mln Footnote: data for 2000 are to be considered as current and preliminary. Final data will be published as soon as they will be revised by all KASE divisions.