KASE determined leading operators of the exchange's GS purchase-sale sector for April and the first 4 months of 2004

/IRBIS, Ranida Gabdeyeva, May 5, 04/ - Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) composed traditional list of companies - leading operators of the KASE in government securities (GS) purchase-sale market by the results of April 2004. Companies are ranked according to individual portion of concluded deals in aggregate gross turnover of trades (total of purchased and sold bonds). The position of each participant is expressed in the currency of payments - tenge. A total of 29 companies participated in trades with GS at KASE in March (banks, broker-dealer companies, pension assets management companies, SAPF, non-banking financial organizations), excluding the National Bank of Kazakhstan. Below is the list of 10 the most active operators given in descending order of their shares in total deals volume and its positions in March of 2004. Top 10 operators controlled 88.0% of the exchange's GS sector turnover. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Position Position Share in in April in March trades 2004 2004 Brief title of a company volume, % -------- --------- ----------------------------------- --------- 1 1 Bank TuranAlem JSC 20.3 2 5 ATFBank JSC 19.2 3 7 APF of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC 14.0 4 3 RG Securities LLP 7.5 5 2 PAMO ZHETYSU JSC 6.8 6 13 NURBANK OJSC 5.0 7 10 PAMC ABN AMRO Asset Management CJSC 4.7 8 16 DB ABN AMRO BANK KAZAKHSTAN CJSC 3.9 9 4 Eurasian bank JSC 3.6 10 9 Alliance Bank JSC 2.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Among newcomers of the top ten are: NURBANK OJSC and DB ABN AMRO BANK KAZAKHSTAN CJSC; they replaced State accumulative pension fund CJSC (Almaty, 6th position in March) and Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty, 8th position in March). Following is the corresponding table of the most active members of KASE of "K" category for the first 4 months of 2004. 33 companies participated in deals making in this period, besides the National Bank. --------------------------------------------------------------- Share in trades Position Brief title of a company volume, % -------- ------------------------------------ --------------- 1 Bank TuranAlem JSC 27.1 2 PAMC ZHETISU JSC 11.1 3 ATFBank JSC 10.6 4 APF of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC 8.2 5 RG Securities LLP 7.7 6 Eurasian Bank JSC 4.3 7 PAMC ABN AMRO Asset Management CJSC 3.3 8 NURBANK OJSC 3.23 9 State Accumulative Pension Fund CJSC 3.19 10 Alliance Bank JSC 3.0 --------------------------------------------------------------- [2004-05-05]