Within the first 11 months of 2003 volume of CS purchase and sale transactions at KASE reached $814.7 m and increased 2.54 times

/IRBIS, December 2, 03/ - Within the first 11 months of 2003 volume of purchase and sale transactions in corporate securities (CS), which were made at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE), including primary floatations and trade in state blocks of shares (SBS), reached equivalent of $814.7 m., (KZT128.3 bn.) and compared to similar period of last year increased by $493.9 m., (KZT79.1 bn) or 2.54 times (2.61 times in tenge equivalent). In 2002 volume of CS purchase and sale transactions at KASE was equivalent of USD603.6 m or KZT93.2 bn. Following is the table of volumes of CS deals made at KASE in 2003 grouped by months as well as the structure of the turnover and comparable data for year 2002 (th. USD). ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector of the Exchange CS market --------------------------------------- secondary market primary --------------------------- Month floatation SBS purchase-sale Total --------------- ---------- ------------ ------------- --------- January 2,319.4 0 76,179.6 78,499.0 February 85.5 0 27,782.5 27,868.0 March 1,331.1 0 40,293.8 41,624.8 April 0 0 82,734.4 82,734.4 May 9,156.0 150,161.5 38,928.1 198,245.7 June 6,416.5 0 39,453.3 45,869.8 July 0 0 40,171.6 40,171.6 August 7,191.1 0 78,470.8 85,644.9 September 1,541.2 0 56,573.5 58,114.7 October 0 0 54,494.4 54,494.4 November 11,822.7 0 89,626.7 101,449.4 --------------- ---------- ------------ ------------- --------- Total 39,863.6 150,161.5 624,708.8 814,733.8 --------------- ---------- ------------ ------------- --------- Jan-Nov of 2002 33,287.0 20.0 287,561.2 320,868.2 Trend, times 1.20 not compared 2.17 2.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------- SBS - sector of state blocks of shares sale. [2003-12-02]