In January of 2002 transactions volume on GS at KASE in all sectors of the market totaled KZT204.6bn and increased by 17.8% relative to December 2001

/IRBIS, Feb 01, 02/ - In January of year 2002, deals volume on GS at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all sectors of the market accounted for 1,325 deals for the total amount of KZT204,641.0m ($1,349.5m). In last month at 1,203 deals the volume reached KZT173,710.7m ($1,156.1). For the month exchange turnover of GS increased by 17.81%. Relative to January 2001 the exchange turnover rose 2.4 times (by KZT122,576.6bn). In the sale-purchase sector 319 deals were made for total amount of KZT23,860.9m. In comparison with previous month a turnover in the sector increased by 9.13%. 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-12, notes 8.2% (9.5%) of sector's turnover ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- less than 8 4.19 5.00 4.55 4.64 (5.21) 699.6 9 8 - 14 4.45 5.71 5.19 5.15 (5.82) 622.9 12 15 - 28 5.11 5.11 5.11 5.11 (5.41) 3.0 1 29 - 36 5.69 5.69 5.69 5.69 (5.43) 106.4 3 37 - 42 5.39 5.59 5.39 5.40 (5.49) 87.3 4 43 - 56 5.45 5.46 5.45 5.46 (5.55) 111.3 2 57 - 63 5.52 5.54 5.52 5.52 (5.66) 106.5 2 64 - 91 5.83 5.94 5.94 5.92 ( -) 118.5 2 92 - 181 6.17 6.17 6.17 6.17 ( -) 99.6 1 -------------- -------- ------- ------- -------------- --------------- -------- Total 1,955.1 36 (2,080.9) (41) -------------- -------- ------- ------- -------------- --------------- -------- Coupon GB, KZT denominated: MEOKAM, MEAKAM 31.2% (50.8%) of sector's turnover ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- less than 730 6.80 10.01 8.00 8.04 (10.23) 5,406.72 133 731 - 1095 8.00 16.82 8.02 9.41 (12.00) 669.49 25 1096 - 1460 7.98 8.00 8.00 7.99 (8.20) 56.80 2 1826 - 2190 10.80 13.47 10.81 11.45 ( -) 1,313.95 23 -------------- -------- ------- ------- -------------- --------------- -------- Total 7,447.0 183 (11,102.5) (177) -------------- -------- ------- ------- -------------- --------------- -------- Euronotes of Kazakhstan, USD 60.6% (34.1%) of sector's turnover ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *242 - 265 3.10 4.46 3.49 4.13 (4.75) 1,562.8 21 **978 - 1004 4.26 5.75 4.35 4.90 (5.84) 4,057.1 45 ***1901 - 1923 5.96 6.81 5.96 6.24 (6.66) 8,839.0 34 -------------- -------- ------- ------- -------------- --------------- -------- Total 14,458.8 100 (7,465.2) (67) -------------- -------- ------- ------- -------------- --------------- -------- GRANDTOTAL 23,860.9 319 (21,865.1) (290) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1,006 deals were registered for a total of KZT180,780.1m in January. Corresponding figure for the previous month - 907 deals for KZT150,845.6m. A share of automatic repo sector in January was 68.4% of total volume of made repo deals. In January the share of the Exchange's turnover in total volume of the deals made on the Kazakhstan secondary market of GS based on comparable operations (including euronotes and repo deals) equaled 93.0% (in December 2001 it didn't exceed 86.0%).