KASE determined leading operators of the exchange's GS purchase-sale sector for May and the first 5 months of 2004

/IRBIS, Ranida Gabdeyeva, June 2, 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 May 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 May (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 80.5% 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 2 ATFBank JSC 13.3 2 3 APF of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC 12.0 3 4 RG Securities LLP 10.7 4 9 Eurasian bank JSC 8.8 5 1 Bank TuranAlem JSC 8.7 6 5 PAMO ZHETYSU JSC 7.9 7 - General Asset Management JSC 5.6 8 12 Central Asian Trust Company LLP 4.9 9 7 PAMC ABN AMRO Asset Management CJSC 4.5 10 10 Alliance Bank JSC 4.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Among newcomers of the top ten are: General Asset Management JSC and Central Asian Trust Company LLP that replaced NURBANK OJSC (Almaty, 6th position in April) and Daughter Bank ABN AMRO BANK KAZAKHSTAN CJSC (Almaty, 8th position in April). Following is the corresponding table of the most active members of KASE of "K" category for the first 5 months of 2004. 37 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 23.8 2 ATFBank JSC 11.1 3 PAMC ZHETISU JSC 10.5 4 APF of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC 8.8 5 RG Securities LLP 8.2 6 Eurasian Bank JSC 5.1 7 PAMC ABN AMRO Asset Management CJSC 3.5 8 Alliance Bank JSC 3.2 9 State Accumulative Pension Fund CJSC 3.1 10 NURBANK OJSC 2.8 --------------------------------------------------------------- [2004-06-02]