In the first quarter of 2003 volume of repo transactions at KASE reached KZT661.5 bn and increased by 12.4% relative to similar period of 2002

/IRBIS, April 2, 03/ - In the first quarter of 2003 volume of repo transactions at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached KZT661,477.5 m ($4,309.2 m) and increased 12.4% relative to similar period of last year. In 2002 volume of such transactions at KASE was equal to KZT2,809.4 bn ($18,274.2 m). Below is the table showing volume of repo deals at KASE in 2003 grouped by months, and also turnover's structure and comparable data 2002 (m KZT). --------------------------------------------------------------- Repo sector ----------------------------------- repo autorepo on direct deals ----------------- ----------------- Month CS GS CS GS Total ----------------- ------- --------- ------- --------- --------- January 737.6 195,101.3 3,025.6 38,752.7 237,617.2 February 741.7 186,706.2 3,989.3 31,876.5 223,313.8 March 1,202.3 164,050.2 2,959.2 32,334.8 200,546.6 ----------------- ------- --------- ------- --------- --------- I quarter of 2003 2,681.6 545,857.7 9,974.1 102,964.1 661,477.5 ----------------- ------- --------- ------- --------- --------- I quarter of 2002 0 457,353.2 4,054.3 126,944.9 588,352.4 Trend, times X 1.19 2.46 0.81 1.12 --------------------------------------------------------------- CS - corporate securities; GS - government securities. [2003-04-02]