KASE determined leading operators of the exchange's GS purchase- sale sector for July and the first 7 months of 2004

/IRBIS, Ranida Gabdeyeva, August 10, 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 July 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 34 companies participated in trades with GS at KASE in June (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 June, 2004. Top 10 operators controlled 82.2% of the exchange's GS sector turnover. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Position Position Share in in July in June trades 2004 2004 Brief title of a company volume, % -------- -------- ------------------------------------ --------- 1 4 APF of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC 17.2 2 3 ATFBank JSC 16.5 3 11 Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC 8.9 4 10 PAMO ZHETYSU JSC 7.9 5 1 Bank TuranAlem JSC 7.6 6 9 Eurasian bank JSC 6.11 7 6 RG Securities LLP 6.07 8 7 PAMC ABN AMRO Asset Management CJSC 5.4 9 13 DB ABN AMRO BANK KAZAKHSTAN CJSC 3.9 10 21 Kazakhstan Development Bank JSC 2.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Among newcomers of the top ten are: DB ABN AMRO BANK KAZAKHSTAN CJSC, Kazakhstan Development Bank JSC, Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, that replaced State accumulative pension fund JSC (Almaty, 8th position in June), General Asset management JSC (2nd position in June), and Alliance Bank JSC (Almaty, 5th position in June). Following is the corresponding table of the most active members of KASE of "K" category for the first 7 months of 2004. 41 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 31.7 2 General Asset Management JSC 9.7 3 ATFBank JSC 9.4 4 APF of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC 7.7 5 PAMC ZHETISU JSC 7.0 6 RG Securities LLP 5.8 7 Eurasian Bank JSC 3.8 8 PAMC ABN AMRO Asset Management CJSC 3.1 9 Alliance Bank JSC 2.6 10 State Accumulative Pension Fund CJSC 2.4 --------------------------------------------------------------- [2004-08-10]