/IRBIS, Jan.31, 01/ - In January 2000 at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) 51 deals in securities were made in all sectors of the market for a total of $6,796.8 th., or KZT986.6 mln at current rate of the Exchange effective on the day the deals were made on.

Following are the tables showing the securities market at the Exchange in January, 2001.

Table of securities liquidity at the KASE in January 2001

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                                       Volume of Volume of  Volume of         
                                          deals,    deals,   deals in   Number
Code   Brief title of the issuer         th. USD   mln KZT securities of deals
------ ------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------- --------
BTAS   Bank TuranAlem OJSC              2,226.30    323.15     30,020        6
HSBKb  Halyk Bank Kazakhstan            1,889.97    274.23     18,400        5
VITAb2 VITA LLP                         1,012.22    146.87     10,000        2
CCBN   Bank CenterCredit OJSC             828.21    120.29    581,730        7
ATFBb  AMB CJSC                           307.62     44.74      3,000        1
VTBNp  VALUT-TRANZIT BANK OJSC            227.44     33.00    330,000        4
CCBNb1 Bank CenterCredit OJSC             196.79     28.61      1,930        4
AMGZp  Aktobemunaigas JSC                  34.98      5.09      2,340        1
KZCRp  Kazchrome OJSC                      32.72      4.75      7,000        3
SSGPp  SSGPO JSC                           23.40      3.40      8,521        7
ALKZp  Aluminii Kazakhstana OJSC            9.94      1.44     24,167        6
EAECp  Evroaziatskaya energeticheskaya      6.20      0.90      2,577        4
       korporatsya                                                            
MMGZp  Mangistaumunaigas OJSC               1.05      0.15        500        1
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Comments: The securities were sorted in descending order based on the volumes
of deals expressed in U.S. dollars. The volumes of the deals are given for all
sectors of the market, including repo deals and initial offerings. Small
letters in the securities codes have the following meanings: "p" - preferred
inscribed share; "b" - bond: "e" - eurobond; the rest - common inscribed share.
The figure shows the number of the bond issue. If there is no figure (old code)
it implies that it is the first issue.

Table of the dynamics of the main indicators of the securities market in January 2001

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                   Capitalization Capitalization          
                      of the bond   of the share Volume of
          The KASE        market,        market,    deals,
Date         index        mln USD        mln USD   th. USD
--------- -------- -------------- -------------- ---------
Dec.29.00 106.3562        176.166        1,342.3     221.5
Jan.04.01 106.3514        176.166        1,343.5       0.0
Jan.05.01 106.3541        176.166        1,347.0     105.3
Jan.08.01 106.3557        176.166        1,347.2       6.7
Jan.09.01 106.3548        176.166        1,351.1       0.0
Jan.10.01 106.3557        176.186        1,348.7     118.5
Jan.11.01 106.3548        176.186        1,348.5     143.3
Jan.12.01 106.3557        176.249        1,361.0     495.5
Jan.15.01 106.3583        175.887        1,361.4     367.2
Jan.16.01 106.3604        175.889        1,379.8   1,406.3
Jan.17.01 106.3616        175.896        1,379.9     152.6
Jan.18.01 105.4979        175.896        1,379.9      12.0
Jan.19.01 106.3607        175.896        1,357.1     137.8
Jan.22.01 105.6766        175.920        1,383.4     448.4
Jan.23.01 105.7380        175.920        1,384.4       0.0
Jan.24.01 105.7685        175.920        1,384.6       9.2
Jan.25.01 105.8398        205.920        1,384.5       0.0
Jan.26.01 105.8536        205.920        1,389.0     607.7
Jan.29.01 105.9099        205.920        1,388.3     144.7
Jan.30.01 105.8707        205.920        1,385.6      89.8
Jan.31.01 105.9243        204.418        1,390.7   1,312.0
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Comments: The KASE index reflects the changes in the bids on the shares from
the official list of the Exchange's securities of the category "A", including
the market capitalization of their issuers. The capitalization of the bond
market - indicator that reflects the volume of corporate debt circulating on
the KASE as the bonds of the companies. It is calculated on the basis of the
number of issued bonds and the bonds admitted to the trades and their market
values. In case of the absence of the last figure, face value is used instead.
The capitalization of the share market - indicator that reflects the market
capitalization of the companies whose shares were entered into all the lists of
the KASE securities. It is calculated on the basis of the number of issued
shares and their last market values. In case of the absence of the deals the
face values of the securities, expressed in U.S. dollars (if necessary) at the
rate of the Exchange for the current day, are used.

Table of monthly volumes of deals with securities at the KASE in a year 2001 grouped by months (th. US dollars)

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                                   Sector        
        of the securities exchange market        
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Month   Primary Purchase and sale    Repo   Total
------- ------- ----------------- ------- -------
January                   5,557.2 1,239.7 6,796.9
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TOTAL                     5,557.2 1,239.7 6,796.9
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Comments: In 2000 volumes of securities operations at KASE were equal to
$138,440.4 th. IRBIS specialists warn that hidden repo deals can be made at the
securities purchase and sale sector of the KASE, therefore the volumes of deals
shown for this segment of the market can include the volumes of such deals.