Within 9 months of 2006 the volume of all transactions has grown 1.7 times relative to corresponding period of 2005 on KASE

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, October 3, 06/ - For nine months of 2006 summary volume of transactions at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) in all sectors of the market has reached USD102,711.6 m. or KZT12,834.9 bn. In comparison with corresponding period of 2005 the volume of transactions grew by 69.6% in dollar and by 59.7% in tenge. Relatively previous nine-month period (April - December of 2005) exchange turnover grew by 63.3% in dollar and 52.5% in tenge. Comparable table of indicators of the volume of deals on KASE in January - Septmeber 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-Sep trend in: trend in: market 2006 Jan-Sep ------------------ Apr-Dec ---------------- sector 2005 m. USD % 2005 m. USD % -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Foreign 21,216.4 8,398.0 +12,818.3 +152.6 10,076.5 +11,139.8 +110.6 currencies 20.7% 13.9% 16.0% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 contracts 0% 0% 0% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan 3,666.1 3,776.8 -110.7 -2.9 3,478.3 +187.8 +5.4 GS 3.6% 6.2% 5.5% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Foreign 0.3 0 +0.3 X 0.6 -0.3 -46.3 GS 0.001% 0% 0.002% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Shares 1,146.7 618.5 +528.2 +85.4 959.4 +187.28 +19.52 1.1% 1.0% 1.5% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Corporate 2334.0 1156.5 +1,177.5 +101.8 1373.7 +960.33 +69.91 bonds 2.3% 1.9% 2.2% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 74,348.2 46,601.8 +27,746.3 +59.5 47,019.9 +27,328.3 +58.1 GS) total 72.4% 77.0% 74.7% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including repo 1,318.8 603.4 +715.4 +118.6 308.5 +1,010.3 +327.5 on GS, nego 1.3% 1.0% 0.5% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including 55,533.5 43,550.5 +11,983.0 +27.5 42,704.8 +12,828.6 +30.0 autorepo on GS 54.1% 71.9% 67.9% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including repo 4,974.2 1,446.6 +3,527.6 +243.9 2,187.5 +2,786.7 +127.4 on CS, nego 4.8% 2.4% 3.5% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including 12,521.7 1,001.41 +11,520.3 +1,150.4 1,819.0 +10,702.7 +588.4 autorepo on CS 12.2% 1.6% 2.9% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ 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 102,711.6 60,551.7 +42,159.9 +69.6 62,908.4 +39,803.3 +63.3 100% 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 III-2006 IV-2006 V-2006 VI-2006 VII-2006 VIII-2006 IX-2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Foreign volume 2,825.4 2,406.8 2,539.3 1,563.2 1,734.0 3,234.6 3,560.6 currencies % 34.1 24.3 24.6 14.4 14.4 19.1 21.7 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- KGS volume 378.4 544.4 366.8 368.8 150.0 825.0 501.3 % 4.6 5.5 3.6 3.4 1.2 4.9 3.1 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- FGS volume 0 0.022 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0.0002 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Shares volume 76.8 218.4 182.1 112.8 69.0 118.9 158.6 % 0.9 2.2 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.7 1.0 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Corporate volume 340.4 259.2 347.4 315.8 180.2 185.0 168.6 bonds % 4.1 2.6 3.4 2.9 1.5 1.1 1.0 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- REPO volume 4,657.0 6,485.5 6,888.1 8,488.4 9,886.3 12,596.1 12,011.7 % 56.3 65.4 66.7 78.2 82.3 74.3 73.2 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- 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 8,277.9 9,914.2 10,323.8 10,849.0 12,019.5 16,959.6 16,400.8 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- bn. tenge ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Foreign volume 363.1 303.8 311.0 186.7 204.7 398.1 449.7 currencies % 34.1 24.2 24.6 14.4 14.4 19.0 21.7 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- KGS volume 48.5 68.9 44.9 44.2 17.7 101.9 63.3 % 4.6 5.5 3.5 3.4 1.2 4.9 3.1 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- FGS volume 0 0.003 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0.0002 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Shares volume 9.9 27.5 22.3 13.5 8.2 14.5 20.0 % 0.9 2.2 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.7 1.0 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Corporate volume 43.7 32.7 42.5 37.8 21.3 22.8 21.3 bonds % 4.1 2.6 3.4 2.9 1.5 1.1 1.0 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- REPO volume 599.9 820.5 843.4 1,015.6 1,166.8 1,554.7 1,517.2 % 56.3 65.5 66.7 78.3 82.2 74.3 73.2 ---------- ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- 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 1,065.1 1,253.4 1,264.1 1,297.8 1,418.7 2,092.0 2,071.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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