Within 8 months of 2006 the volume of all transactions has grown 1.6 times relative to corresponding period of 2005 on KASE

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, September 5, 06/ - For eight months of 2006 summary volume of transactions at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) in all sectors of the market has reached USD86,310.9 m. or KZT10,763.3 bn. In comparison with corresponding period of 2005 the volume of transactions grew by 58.0% in dollar and by 48.6% in tenge. Relatively previous eight-month period (May - December of 2005) exchange turnover grew by 54.7% in dollar and 43.9% in tenge. Comparable table of indicators of the volume of deals on KASE in January - August of 2006, and also dynamics of exchange turnover structure (m. USD, if other is not specified) are given below. Evaluation was made in dollar turnover. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To corresp. period of 2005: To previous period: --------------------------- ------------------------- KASE's Jan-Aug trend in: trend in: market 2006 Jan-Aug ------------------ May-Dec ---------------- sector 2005 m. USD % 2005 m. USD % -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Foreign 17,655.7 7,237.5 +10,418.2 +143.9 9,321.1 +8,334.6 +89.4 currencies 20.5% 13.2% 16.7% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 contracts 0% 0% 0% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan 3,164.8 3,336.0 -171.1 -5.1 3,113.9 +50.9 +1.6 GS 3.7% 6.1% 5.6% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Foreign 0.3 0 +0.3 X 0.6 -0.3 -46.3 GS 0.001% 0% 0.002% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Shares 988.1 534.6 +453.5 +84.8 880.3 +107.77 +12.2 1.1% 1.0% 1.6% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Corporate 2165.4 984.3 +1,181.1 +120.0 1320.3 +845.08 +64.0 bonds 2.5% 1.8% 2.4% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 62,336.5 42,547.6 +19,788.9 +46.5 41,150.6 +21,185.9 +51.5 GS) total 72.2% 77.9% 73.8% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including repo 1,129.4 571.7 +557.7 +97.5 262.1 +867.3 +330.9 on GS, nego 1.3% 1.0% 0.5% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including 46,652.2 39,884.7 +6,767.5 +17.0 37,162.1 +9,490.1 +25.5 autorepo on GS 54.1% 73.0% 66.6% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including repo 4,098.9 1,226.9 +2,872.0 +234.1 2,043.1 +2,055.8 +100.6 on CS, nego 4.7% 2.25% 3.7% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including 10,456.1 864.37 +9,591.7 +1,109.7 1,683.3 +8,772.8 +521.2 autorepo on CS 12.11% 1.58% 3.02% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ IFO 0 0.017 -0.02 X 0 0 0 bonds 0% 0% 0% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Promissory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes 0% 0% 0% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ TOTAL 86,310.9 54,640.0 +31,670.9 +58.0 55,786.8 +30,524.1 +54.7 100% 100% 100% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The table, containing the dynamics of indicators of exchange turnover for the last 7 months is given below, grouped by months and sectors of the market (evaluation in tenge and USD). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Market Indi- sector cator II-2006 III-2006 IV-2006 V-2006 VI-2006 VII-2006 VIII-2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Foreign volume 1,848.1 2,825.4 2,406.8 2,539.3 1,563.2 1,734.0 3,234.6 currencies % 19.0 34.1 24.3 24.6 14.4 14.4 19.1 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- KGS volume 219.4 378.4 544.4 366.8 368.8 150.0 825.0 % 2.2 4.6 5.5 3.6 3.4 1.2 4.9 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- FGS volume 0.3 0 0.022 0 0 0 0 % 0.003 0 0.0002 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Shares volume 132.0 76.8 218.4 182.1 112.8 69.0 118.9 % 1.4 0.9 2.2 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.7 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Corporate volume 207.3 340.4 259.2 347.4 315.8 180.2 185.0 bonds % 2.1 4.1 2.6 3.4 2.9 1.5 1.1 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- REPO volume 7,344.2 4,657.0 6,485.5 6,888.1 8,488.4 9,886.3 12,596.1 % 75.3 56.3 65.4 66.7 78.2 82.3 74.3 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- TOTAL 9,751.3 8,277.9 9,914.2 10,323.8 10,849.0 12,019.5 16,959.6 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- bn. tenge ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Foreign volume 242.6 363.1 303.8 311.0 186.7 204.7 398.1 currencies % 18.9 34.1 24.2 24.6 14.4 14.4 19.0 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- KGS volume 28.7 48.5 68.9 44.9 44.2 17.7 101.9 % 2.2 4.6 5.5 3.5 3.4 1.2 4.9 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- FGS volume 0 0 0.003 0 0 0 0 % 0.003 0 0.0002 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Shares volume 17.3 9.9 27.5 22.3 13.5 8.2 14.5 % 1.4 0.9 2.2 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.7 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Corporate volume 27.2 43.7 32.7 42.5 37.8 21.3 22.8 bonds % 2.1 4.1 2.6 3.4 2.9 1.5 1.1 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- REPO volume 964.4 599.9 820.5 843.4 1,015.6 1,166.8 1,554.7 % 75.3 56.3 65.5 66.7 78.3 82.2 74.3 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- TOTAL 1,280.4 1,065.1 1,253.4 1,264.1 1,297.8 1,418.7 2,092.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to the tables: deals of primary market sector and purchase-and-sale in the secondary market sector only are taken into account in government securities sector (GS); in the sector of corporate issuing securities (shares and corporate bonds) deals of primary market and purchase-and-sale market sectors only are taken into account (including SBS, if they are available); repo-transactions with CS and GS are taken into account in repo sector, including automatic repo; KGS - Kazakhstan GS, FGS - foreign GS. [2006-09-05]