In the first four months of 2005 volume of CS purchase and sale transactions at KASE reached $555.7 m. and grew by 1.5 times

/IRBIS, Assel Omarova, May 4, 05/ - In the first four months of 2005 volume of corporate securities (CS) purchase and sale transactions made at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE), including primary floatations and trade in state blocks of shares (SBS), reached equivalent of $555.7 m. (KZT72.5 bn.) and compared to similar period of last year increased by $195.4 m. (KZT22.3 bn.) or by 1.54 times (1.44 times in tenge equivalent). In 2004 volume of CS purchase and sale deals at KASE was the equivalent of USD1,830.0 m. or KZT248.0 bn. Following is the table of volumes of CS deals made at KASE in 2005 grouped by months as well as the structure of turnover and comparable data for year 2004 (th. USD). ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sector of the exchange's CS market ----------------------------------- secondary market primary ---------------------- Month floatations SBS purchase-sale Total ----------------- ----------- ------- ------------- --------- January 18,554.4 0 160,653.8 179,208.2 February 0 0 117,942.9 117,942.9 March 0 0 126,036.6 126,036.6 April 4,547.9 0 127,934.8 132,482.7 ----------------- ----------- ------- ------------- --------- Total 23,102.3 0 532,568.1 555,670.4 ----------------- ----------- ------- ------------- --------- Jan-April of 2004 45,803.9 9,451.2 305,061.9 360,317.0 Trend, times 0.50 Х 1.75 1.54 ----------------------------------------------------------------- SBS - sector of state blocks of shares sale. [2005-05-04]