Volume of CS transactions at KASE reached $195.8m in five months of 2002 and increased 2.4 times relative to similar period of 2001

/IRBIS, June 3, 02/ - During first five months of 2002 volume of corporate securities (CS) transactions made at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached an equivalent of $195,839.7th, or KZT29,825.2m and compared to similar period of last year increased by $112,562.9m (KZT17,700.7m) or 2.35 times. In 2001 volume of CS transactions at KASE was an equivalent of USD505.8m or KZT74,784.4m. Following is the table of volumes of CS deals made at KASE in 2002 grouped by months as well as the structure of the turnover and comparable data for year 2001 (in th. USD). ------------------------------------------------------------- CS market exchange sector -------------------------------------- Secondary market Primary --------------------------- Month Floatation SBS Purchase-sale Repo Total ------------ ---------- ---- ------------- -------- --------- January 0 0 28,513.8 14,025.5 42,539.3 February 0 0 26,715.9 8,952.6 35,668.5 March 9,853.9 0 16,727.4 3,735.7 30,317.0 April 10,785.7 0 18,322.8 11,232.6 40,341.2 May 7,643.4 0.02 37,673.6 1,656.6 46,973.7 ------------ ---------- ---- ------------- -------- --------- Total 28,283.1 0.02 127,953.6 39,603.0 195,839.7 ------------ ---------- ---- ------------- -------- --------- Jan-May 2001 0 0 54,836.0 28,440.8 83,276.8 Trend, times +2.33 +1.39 +2.35 ------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: Unrevealed repo is possible in KASE sector of purchase-sale in CS that is why indicated volume of deals in this market segment may include sum of such deals. SBS - a sector of realization of state blocks of shares. [2002-06-03]