In 2003 volume of repo transactions at KASE reached KZT3,208.9 bn and grew by 14.2%

/IRBIS, Assel Omarova, January 7, 04/ - During 2003 volume of repo transactions made at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached KZT3,208.9 bn. ($21,538.1 m.) and grew in comparison with last year by 14.2%. 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 November 2,214.4 264,189.3 2,502.3 33,830.4 302,736.3 December 2,818.3 259,499.7 5,165.0 35,764.5 303,247.5 ------------ -------- ----------- -------- --------- ----------- Total 18,170.0 2,735,333.1 43,669.5 411,749.2 3,208,921.8 ------------ -------- ----------- -------- --------- ----------- 2002 576.6 2,332,102.0 24,746.4 452,017.9 2,809,443.0 Trend, times 31.51 1.17 1.76 0.91 1.14 --------------------------------------------------------------------- CS - corporate securities; GS - government securities. [2004-01-07]