In the first 5 months of 2004 volume of CS purchase and sale transactions at KASE reached $636.1 m. and increased 1.5 times

/IRBIS, Assel Omarova, June 3, 04/ - Within the first 5 months of 2004 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 $636.1 m., (KZT87.9 bn.) and compared to similar period of last year increased by $207.1 m., (KZT22.7 bn.) or 1.48 times (1.35 times in tenge equivalent). In 2003 volume of CS purchase and sale transactions at KASE was the equivalent of USD1,025.2 m. or KZT152.7bn. Following is the table of volumes of CS deals made at KASE in 2004 grouped by months as well as the structure of the turnover and comparable data for year 2003 (th. USD). ------------------------------------------------------------ Sector of the Exchange CS market ---------------------------------- secondary market primary ----------------------- Month floatation SBS purchase-sale Total --------------- ---------- --------- ------------- --------- January 27,029.0 9,451.2 91,752.9 128,233.1 February 0 0 74,581.9 74,581.9 March 13,524.0 0 81,375.7 94,899.7 April 5,250.8 0 57,351.4 62,602.2 May 5,617.7 0 270,142.4 275,760.1 --------------- ---------- --------- ------------- --------- Total 51,421.6 9,451.2 575,204.3 636,077.1 --------------- ---------- --------- ------------- --------- Jan-May of 2003 12,892.1 150,161.5 265,918.4 428,972.0 Trend, times 3.99 0.06 2.16 1.48 ------------------------------------------------------------ SBS - sector of state blocks of shares sale. [2004-06-03]