In December of 2002 transactions volume on GS at KASE in all sectors of the market totaled KZT394.5 bn and decreased by 9.0% relative to November

/IRBIS, January 5, 03/ - In December of year 2002, deals volume on GS at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all sectors of the market accounted for 2,230 deals for the total amount of KZT394,489.2 m ($2,534.7 m). Last month 2,261 deals reached the volume KZT433,639.8 m ($2,808.9 m). During the month exchange turnover of GS decreased by 9.03% in tenge and 9.76% in dollar. Relative to December of 2001 the exchange turnover rose 2.3 times (by KZT220.8 m). In the sale-purchase sector 365 deals were made for total amount of KZT67,350.9 m. In comparison with previous month a turnover in the sector increased 1.96 times. Statistical indicators of sale-purchase sector in December 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 GS (KZT): National Bank's notes, MEKKAM 8.3% (28.4%) of sector's turnover ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ less than 8 4.51 5.15 5.00 4.92 (4.30) 347.4 4 8 - 14 3.16 5.47 4.51 4.51 (5.08) 800.7 14 15 - 28 4.01 6.06 4.01 5.56 (5.13) 1,268.7 18 29 - 36 5.12 5.80 5.28 5.46 (5.12) 582.5 19 37 - 42 5.35 5.57 5.43 5.53 (5.52) 64.0 3 43 - 56 5.41 5.54 5.45 5.44 (5.77) 126.5 5 57 - 63 5.54 5.73 5.71 5.68 (5.72) 456.6 8 64 - 91 5.50 5.83 5.65 5.74 (5.83) 1,197.6 16 92 - 181 6.03 6.18 6.18 6.06 (6.37) 751.4 8 -------------- ----- ----- ----- -------------- -------------------- --------- Total 5,595.3 (9,743.1) 95 (147) -------------- ----- ----- ----- -------------- -------------------- --------- Coupon GS (KZT): MEOKAM, MEAKAM 36.3% (20.3%) of sector's turnover ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ less than 730 5.44 9.36 7.61 7.04 (7.27) 11,477.9 94 731 - 1095 7.00 8.32 7.20 7.53 (7.71) 5,654.9 53 1096 - 1460 7.50 8.34 7.50 7.64 (7.95) 1,254.7 3 1461 - 1825 7.90 8.08 8.00 8.03 ( -) 465.2 7 1826 - 2190 7.99 9.54 8.02 8.12 (8.04) 5,600.0 30 -------------- ----- ----- ----- -------------- -------------------- --------- Total 24,452.8 (6,959.3) 187 (102) -------------- ----- ----- ----- -------------- -------------------- --------- Euronotes of Kazakhstan (USD) 55.4% (51.3%) of sector's turnover ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *648 - 676 2.81 4.79 2.81 3.26 (3.10) 18,527.7 28 **1572 - 1599 4.28 4.58 4.29 4.42 (4.52) 18,775.1 55 -------------- ----- ----- ----- -------------- -------------------- --------- Total 37,302.9 (17,579.4) 83 (52) -------------- ----- ----- ----- -------------- -------------------- --------- GRANDTOTAL 67,350.9 (34,281.8) 365 (301) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notes: for euronotes of Kazakhstan (* - third issue, ** - fourth issue) volumes were calculated at weighted average USD/KZT rate of the Exchange. In repo sector of KASE 1,865 deals were registered for a total of KZT327,138.3 m in December. Corresponding figure for the previous month - 1,960 deals for KZT399,357.9 m. The share of automatic repo sector in December was 63.4% of total volume of made repo deals, in November - 62.8%. In December the share of the Exchange's turnover in total volume of the deals made on the Kazakhstan secondary market of GS based on comparable transactions (including repo deals) equaled 82.1%, in November - 94.5%. [2003-01-05]