In March 2002 volume of CS deals at KASE fell by 15.0% down to $30.3m against February 2002

/IRBIS, Apr 1, 02/ - In March 2002 at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) 100 deals were made in corporate securities in all sectors of the market for a total of $30,317.0 th. (KZT4,614.6m at current rate of the Exchange effective on the day the deals were made on). In comparison with previous month sector's turnover decreased by $5,351.4 th (KZT805.5m) or 15.0% (14.9% in tenge). Relative to March 2001 transactions volume rose by $7,868.8 th (KZT1,348.6m) or by 35.1% (41.3% in tenge). Structure of CS turnover at KASE in March is presented in the following form: primary floatation account for 32.5% of total made deals volume ($9,853.9 th.), sales and purchases transaction account for 55.2% of total made deals ($16,727.4 th.), repo transactions - 12.3% ($3,735.7 th.). In the sector of state block of shares sale no deals were made. For comparison, a structure of CS turnover in 2001 was characterized with the following parameters: initial floatation - 9.2% of transactions volume; SBS sector - 12.9%; sale-purchase sector - 40.3%; repo sector - 37.6%. Following are the tables showing the corporate securities market at the Exchange in March 2002. Most tradable securities at the KASE in March 2002 (all sectors of the market) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volume of Volume of Volume of deals, deals, deals in Number Code Brief title of the issuer th. USD m, KZT securities of deals ------ -------------------------- --------- --------- ---------- -------- BRKZb1 Development Bank of 10,821.2 1,647.2 1,675,793 6 Kazakhstan OJSC CCBN Bank CenterCredit OJSC 5,891.5 897.6 4,496,978 15 TMJLb2 RSE Kazakhstan temri zholy 3,824.5 581.4 39,410 9 VTBNb1 VALUT-TRANZIT BANK OJSC 1,326.5 202.1 13,240 14 SMGZb1 SHAKHARMUNAIGAS OJSC 1,266.8 192.7 12,612 9 ZHEN Zhyluenergiya OJSC 1,101.8 167.7 1,341,161 3 BTASe1 TuranAlem Finance B.V. 835.0 127.1 800,000 4 AMGZp CNPC-Aktobemunaigas OJSC 790.9 120.5 61,500 4 ALKSb2 Almaty Kus OJSC 599.4 91.2 6,320 2 ZHENp Zhyluenergiya OJSC 575.4 87.6 700,000 1 NFBN Neftebank OJSC 555.5 84.6 58,892 4 VTBN VALUT-TRANZIT BANK OJSC 473.2 72.1 169,630 1 ASFIb1 Astana-finance OJSC 437.5 66.6 4,360 1 KZTKb1 Kazakhtelecom 363.0 55.2 3,631 4 KZMSp Corporation Kazakhmys OJSC 309.8 47.2 3,062 2 KZTOb KazTransOil CJSC 207.5 31.6 2,000 2 BTAS Bank TuranAlem OJSC 205.1 31.2 2,200 2 KARMb1 Karazhanbasmunai OJSC 191.4 29.1 1,890 3 KZMS Corporation Kazakhmys OJSC 119.6 18.2 1,196 1 ATFBp AMB OJSC 113.3 17.2 16,300 3 MMGZp Mangistaumunaigas OJSC 110.0 16.7 28,560 2 KZOLb NOC KAZAKHOIL OJSC 75.4 11.5 730 2 VTBNp VALUT-TRANZIT BANK OJSC 65.2 9.9 46,570 1 RGBRb2 RG BRANDS LLP 29.1 4.4 280 2 BTASb1 Bank TuranAlem OJSC 20.5 3.1 200 1 KZTKp Kazakhtelecom 6.0 0.9 426 1 SAYA SC SAYA OJSC 2.0 0.3 300 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comments: The securities were sorted in descending order based on the volumes of deals expressed in U.S. dollars. 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. Dynamics of the corporate securities market indicators in March 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capitaliza- Capitaliza- tion tion Bond value of the of the index, Volume share bonds Bonds including of market, Share market, yield accum deals, Date m, USD index m, USD index interest th. USD --------- ----------- -------- ----------- ------- ---------- -------- Feb 28.02 1,231.8 109.8994 631.284 10.2414 120.7018 2,274.3 Mar 01.02 1,231.8 110.0292 631.288 10.3159 120.5924 657.0 Mar 04.02 1,231.7 110.0254 631.098 10.2386 120.9077 2,015.0 Mar 05.02 1,232.4 110.9274 630.646 10.2134 121.0042 2,821.7 Mar 06.02 1,230.9 110.9282 629.969 10.2639 120.9346 10,002.6 Mar 07.02 1,230.9 111.0627 629.941 10.2318 121.0602 0.0 Mar 11.02 1,230.8 111.0602 629.925 10.2669 121.0803 594.0 Mar 12.02 1,230.9 111.0622 630.222 10.2311 121.2153 599.4 Mar 13.02 1,227.8 111.0637 630.520 10.2306 121.2572 905.2 Mar 14.02 1,228.8 111.0634 631.610 10.2328 121.3274 1,906.3 Mar 15.02 1,228.8 111.0637 631.617 10.2716 121.2511 0.0 Mar 18.02 1,228.8 111.0630 631.599 10.1857 121.5771 474.0 Mar 19.02 1,220.4 111.0625 631.589 10.2711 121.3819 123.6 Mar 20.02 1,221.2 111.0632 631.661 10.2860 121.3721 304.4 Mar 21.02 1,391.1 111.0629 631.714 10.3053 121.3440 582.3 Mar 25.02 1,388.1 111.0604 631.703 10.2936 121.4650 687.9 Mar 26.02 1,387.0 111.0625 631.779 10.2994 121.4769 446.3 Mar 27.02 1,391.4 111.0590 631.373 10.0727 122.1827 1,411.1 Mar 28,02 1,393.3 111.0581 631.490 10.1186 122.0766 642.3 Mar 29,02 1,390.6 111.8017 631.498 10.0281 122.3636 2,408.4 --------- ----------- -------- ----------- ------- ---------- -------- Trend +158.8 +1.9023 +0.214 -0.2133 +1.6618 +12.89% +1.73% +0.03% -2.08% +1.38% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments: The shares index (KASE_Shares) 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. In late December there were 19 shares of 12 issuers in calculation list of KASE for this index. 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 official list 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. Index of bonds yields (KASE_BY) - weighted average (through capitalization) yield of the corporate bonds of category "A" of the KASE official list, which is calculated based on the deals or average bids of the market-makers (if there is no deal). Index of bond yields with accumulated interest (KASE_BP) - weighted average (through capitalization) "dirty" price of the corporate bonds of category "A" of the KASE official list, which is calculated based on the deals or average bids of the market-makers (if there is no deal). Purchase-sale deals include the deals made in state blocks of shares and doesn't take into account repo transactions volume and volume of initial offerings at specialized trades of KASE. [2002-04-01]