In the first 10 months of 2003 volume of repo transactions at KASE reached KZT2,602.9 bn and grew by 25.8%

/IRBIS, November 4, 03/ - During the first 10 months of 2003 volume of repo transactions made at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached KZT2,602,938.0 m ($17,372.6 m) and compared to similar period of last year increased by 25.8%. In 2002 volume the transactions at KASE equaled to KZT2,809.4 bn ($18,274.2 m). Following is the table of volumes of repo deals made at KASE in 2003 grouped by months as well as the structure of the turnover and comparable data for year 2002 (m. KZT). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Repo by Automatic repo direct deals method -------- ----------- -------- --------- TOTAL Month CS GS CS GS repo --------------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- ----------- 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 April 1,966.6 238,472.8 10,159.2 30,147.2 280,745.8 May 1,629.9 201,043.4 3,125.1 23,444.0 229,242.4 June 1,240.3 237,057.5 3,821.2 19,423.8 261,542.9 July 1,574.2 271,974.8 2,713.3 55,098.4 331,360.8 August 773.2 269,866.4 2,809.6 27,443.1 300,892.3 September 1,000.7 216,384.6 1,873.1 43,669.8 262,928.2 October 2,270.7 230,986.9 1,526.6 39,963.9 274,748.1 --------------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- ----------- Total 13,137.2 2,211,644.2 36,002.2 342,154.3 2,602,938.0 --------------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- ----------- Jan-Oct of 2002 170.7 1,831,314.7 11,308.9 226,309.0 2,069,103.3 Trend, times 77.0 1.21 3.18 1.51 1.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CS - corporate securities; GS - government securities. [2003-11-04]