/IRBIS, June 3, 03/ - In May of 2003 at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) 147 deals were made in corporate securities (CS) in all sectors of the market (excluding repo-transactions sector) for a total of KZT29.9 bn or $198.2 m at current rate of the Exchange effective on the day the deals were made.

In comparison with April of 2003 volume of transactions increased by $17.3 m (KZT115.5 bn) or 2.38 times (2.40 in terms of tenge). Relative to May of 2002 volume of transactions rose by $160.6 m. (KZT24.1 bn) or 5.26 times (5.18 times in terms of tenge).

Structure of CS turnover at KASE in May is presented in the following way: stake of transactions of purchase and sale sector was 19.7% of all conducted deals volume ($38,928.1 th.), stake of primary floatation transactions - 4.6% ($9,150.3 th.), stake of transactions in SBS sector - 75.7% ($150,161.5 th.). For comparison, the structure of stock exchange's CS sector in 2002 was characterized by the following indicators: 5.5% of transactions volume fell to the share of primary floatation; to the share of SBS - 33.1%; to the share of purchase and sale sector - 61.4%.

Following are the tables, which show stock exchange's CS market in May of 2003.

Most tradable securities at the KASE in May of 2003 (purchase and sale only, excluding deals in SBS and primary floatation)

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 Code                                         Volume of Volume of   Volume of Number
of                                               deals,    deals,    deals in     of
security Brief title of the issuer              th. USD    m, KZT  securities  deals
-------- ------------------------------------ --------- --------- ----------- ------
CCBN     Bank CenterCredit OJSC                8,727.34  1,316.98   6,523,124     18
KZTKb1   Kazakhtelecom                         5,089.74    767.63      48,830     10
CSBN     BANK CASPIAN OJSC                     3,496.18    525.86     754,637      4
ASBNb1   Alliance Bank OJSC                    2,855.28    429.56 447,000,000      3
KZTOb    KazTransOIl CJSC                      2,813.89    424.71      27,690      5
CLAS     CLAscAS OJSC                          2,296.37    346.50      18,000      1
TMJLb2   NC KTZh CJSC                          2,234.35    337.80      21,740      7
KKGBb2   KAZKOMMERTSBANK                       2,033.10    307.71       2,160      2
KZPSb1   Kazpost OJSC                          1,892.43    285.57     291,000      2
VTBNp    VALUT-TRANZIT BANK OJSC               1,398.74    211.09     548,553     12
VTBNb1   VALUT-TRANZIT BANK OJSC               1,339.11    202.62      13,147      3
RGBRb3   RG BRANDS OJSC                          975.95    146.94 145,220,000      3
ALKS     Almaty Kus OJSC                         563.89     85.44   6,091,333      4
ARNAb1   ARNA OJSC                               550.28     83.28       8,310      1
ORDBb1   Corporation Ordabasy OJSC               431.45     65.03      70,940      5
ASFIb2   Astana-finance OJSC                     401.71     60.80     620,000      1
ZERD     Zerde OJSC                              361.31     54.61  28,136,564      9
VITAb3   VITA OJSC                               299.51     45.19     501,271      1
ALKSb2   Almaty Kus OJSC                         295.94     44.81       3,020      1
UTMKp    UKTMC OJSC                              167.06     25.27       5,895      5
NFBN     Neftebank OJSC                          146.85     22.10      18,008      3
KZTOe1   KazTransOil CJSC                        141.16     21.35     130,000      3
VTBN     VALUT-TRANZIT BANK OJSC                  84.61     12.81      39,800      2
KZIKb1   Kazakhstan Mortgage Company CJSC         71.15     10.75       1,000      1
KARMb1   Karazhanbasmunai OJSC                    65.26      9.90         620      1
KTTH     Kaztorgtekhnika OJSC                     52.92      7.96         305      1
NRIK     Narodnaya investitsionnaya kompaniya
         компания"                                33.10      5.00     500,000      1
ATFBb2   AMB OJSC                                 26.83      4.04         250      1
BTASb1   Bank TuranAlem OJSC                      26.46      4.00         229      2
KZMS     Corporation Kazakhmys OJSC               24.32      3.68         958      5
KIBN     Kazinterbank OJSC                        17.84      2.69      88,198      3
ASFIb1   Astana-finance OJSC                      10.32      1.57         100      1
AMGZp    CNPC-AMG OJSC                             2.00      0.30          50      1
CSBNp    BANK CAPIAN OJSC                          0.83      0.12         681      3
SMGZb1   SHAKHARMUNAIGAS OJSC                      0.61      0.09           6      1
BTAS     Bank TuranAlem OJSC                       0.27      0.04           2      1
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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.

Table of main indicators of the stock exchange's CS market in May of 2003

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            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
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Apr 30, 03      2,737.1  108.0812    1,293.259   8.1754    139.6274    2,284.6
May 4, 03       2,735.4  108.1175    1,293.143   8.1843    139.6199       65.3
May 5, 03       2,737.1  106.0327    1,292.889   8.1324    139.8457        0.6
May 6, 03       2,667.9   99.9339    1,293.270   8.1922    139.6580      552.0
May 7, 03       1,434.7   99.8237    1,293.632   8.0706    140.1069    1,063.3
May 8, 03       2,130.0   99.8375    1,293.666   7.7775    141.2349       20.6
May 12, 03      2,680.3   99.7442    1,264.872   8.0398    140.3643      747.5
May 13, 03      2,680.8   99.7282    1,277.373   8.0183    140.4504    1,667.5
May 14, 03      2,686.7   99.6658    1,275.684   8.0382    140.3806    3,029.1
May 15, 03      2,689.1   99.6137    1,275.743   8.0083    140.5922    6,686.6
May 16, 03      2,690.8   99.5695    1,275.939   7.9940    140.6689       46.4
May 19, 03      2,687.6   99.6670    1,275.357   7.9975    140.7374    4,972.8
May 20, 03      2,680.3   99.8284    1,274.593   7.9945    140.7300        0.1
May 21, 03      2,695.2   99.8440    1,275.909   8.0783    140.5007    8,455.0
May 22, 03      1,426.8   99.6358    1,279.709   7.9629    140.9972    7,950.7
May 23, 03      1,429.8   99.5108    1,280.165   7.9699    140.9847    1,063.4
May 26, 03      2,725.4   99.4952    1,280.377   7.8497    140.8635      748.2
May 27, 03      2,815.6   99.5003    1,280.198   7.8470    140.8927    1,696.1
May 28, 03      2,816.2   99.4923    1,280.399   7.8800    140.8045    2,925.4
May 29, 03      2,810.9   99.5472    1,279.904   7.6699    141.5435  150,783.9
May 30, 03      2,987.6   99.5094    1,280.269   7.8081    141.6366    5,765.6
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Trend            +250.5   -8.5718      -12.990  -0.3673     +2.0092
                 +9.15%    -7.93%       -1.00%   -4.49%      +1.44%
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Comments: The shares index (KASE_Shares) reflects the changes in the bids on the shares from the official Exchange's securities list of "A" category, including the market capitalization of their issuers. The capitalization of the bonds 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. Capitalization of the shares 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. Bonds yield index (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 bonds yield 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 volume includes the deals made in state blocks of shares and volume of primary floatations at KASE's specialized trades but it doesn't take into account repo transactions.

[2003-06-03]