In 2002 transactions volume on GS at KASE reached KZT3,084.5 bn and rose 2.9 times relative to 2001

/IRBIS, January 5, 03/ - In 2002 deals volume on GS at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) including bonds of domestic executive bodies accounted for KZT3,084.5 bn ($20,061.2 m) and increased 2.88 times relative to 2001. In 2001 deals volume on GS at KASE was KZT1,069.2bn ($7,250.2m). Following is the table of volumes of CS deals made at KASE in 2002 grouped by months (in millions of tenge) as well as the structure of the turnover and comparable parameters of 2001. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GS market exchange sector ------------------------------------------------- Secondary market Primary ------------------------------------- Month floatation purchase-sale auto repo repo Total ------------ ---------- ------------- ----------- --------- ----------- January 0 23,860.9 139,952.5 40,827.5 204,641.0 February 0 13,544.8 141,519.5 48,839.5 203,903.9 March 0 26,811.6 175,881.1 37,277.9 239,970.5 April 0 17,047.7 147,082.6 10,984.5 175,114.8 May 0 12,850.4 133,407.7 18,396.9 164,655.0 June 0 14,569.7 186,982.5 12,975.8 214,528.0 July 0 10,527.9 223,152.6 13,623.5 247,304.0 August 390.2 18,083.8 192,545.6 13,231.4 224,251.0 September 309.0 33,883.4 251,110.6 11,601.7 296,904.7 October 2,600.0 24,262.7 239,679.9 18,550.3 285,093.0 November 0 34,281.8 250,792.8 148,565.1 433,639.8 December 0 67,350.9 249,994.5 77,143.8 394,489.2 ------------ ---------- ------------- ----------- --------- ----------- Total 3,299.2 297,075.7 2,332,102.0 452,017.9 3,084,494.8 ------------ ---------- ------------- ----------- --------- ----------- 2001 5,670.8 219,943.2 258,569.0 584,994.5 1,069,177.5 Trend, times 0.58 1.35 9.02 0.77 2.88 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following is comparable data on the structure of GS turnover at KASE for last three years (as % of total volume of deals in tenge equivalent). ------------------------------------------- Market's sector 2000 2001 2002 ------------------------- ---- ---- ---- Primary floatations 0.15 0.53 0.11 Purchase-sale 37.0 20.6 9.6 Repo total 62.9 78.9 90.3 inc. autorepo 0 24.2 75.6 inc. repo on direct deals 62.9 54.7 14.7 ------------------------------------------- [2003-01-05]