Within 11 months of 2006 the volume of all transactions has grown 2.0 times relative to corresponding period of 2005 on KASE

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, December 6, 06/ - For first eleven months of 2006 summary volume of transactions at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) in all sectors of the market has reached USD144,774.1 m. or KZT18,210.7 bn. In comparison with corresponding period of 2005 the volume of transactions grew by 95.1% in dollar and by 84.1% in tenge. Relatively previous eleven-month period (February - December of 2005) exchange turnover grew by 95.1% in dollar and 84.1% in tenge. Comparable table of indicators of the volume of deals on KASE in January - November 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 trend in: trend in: market Jan-Nov Jan-Nov ------------------ Feb-Dec ---------------- sector 2006 2005 m. USD % 2005 m. USD % -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Foreign 34,616.0 10,243.3 +24,372.7 +237.9 11,481.7 +23,134.3 +201.5 currencies 23.9% 14.0% 15.5% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 contracts 0% 0% 0% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan 4,882.5 4,451.7 +430.8 +9.7 4,222.3 +660.1 +15.6 GS 3.4% 6.1% 5.7% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Foreign 0.3 0.59 -0.3 -46.3 0.6 -0.3 -46.3 GS 0.0002% 0.001% 0.001% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Shares 1,775.9 792.5 +983.4 +124.1 1,020.0 +755.9 +74.1 1.2% 1.1% 1.4% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Corporate 2,773.2 1,510.0 +1,263.2 +83.7 1557.1 +1,216.2 +78.1 bonds 1.9% 2.1% 2.1% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 100,726.2 55,990.0 +44,736.2 +79.9 55,938.2 +44,788.0 +80.1 GS) total 69.6% 76.7% 75.4% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including repo 1,364.8 686.2 +678.6 +98.9 424.8 +940.0 +221.3 on GS, nego 0.9% 0.9% 0.6% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including 75,795.5 51,749.4 +24,046.1 +46.5 51,144.3 +24,651.2 +48.2 autorepo on GS 52.4% 70.9% 68.9% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including repo 6,641.3 2,082.6 +4,558.7 +218.9 2,421.3 +4,220.0 +174.3 on CS, nego 4.6% 2.85% 3.3% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including 16,924.6 1,471.8 +15,452.8 +1,049.9 1,947.8 +14,976.8 +768.9 autorepo on CS 11.69% 2.02% 2.62% -------------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ 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 144,774.1 72,988.1 +71,786.0 +98.4 74,219.9 +70,554.2 +95.1 100% 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 V-2006 VI-2006 VII-2006 VIII-2006 IX-2006 X-2006 XI-2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ m. USD ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 2,539.3 1,563.2 1,734.0 3,234.6 3,560.6 6,135.7 7,264.0 curren- % 24.6 14.4 14.4 19.1 21.7 28.3 35.6 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 366.8 368.8 150.0 825.0 501.3 485.6 730.8 % 3.6 3.4 1.2 4.9 3.1 2.2 3.6 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 182.1 112.8 69.0 118.9 158.6 212.5 416.7 % 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.0 2.0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Corpor. volume 347.4 315.8 180.2 185.0 168.6 269.0 170.2 bonds % 3.4 2.9 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.8 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 6,888.1 8,488.4 9,886.3 12,596.1 12,011.7 14,551.2 11,826.8 % 66.7 78.2 82.3 74.3 73.2 67.2 58.0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Promis- volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 sory notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 10,323.8 10,849.0 12,019.5 16,959.6 16,400.8 21,654.0 20,408.5 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 311.0 186.7 204.7 398.1 449.7 783.7 929.1 curren- % 24.6 14.4 14.4 19.0 21.7 28.3 35.6 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 44.9 44.2 17.7 101.9 63.3 62.0 93.5 % 3.5 3.4 1.2 4.9 3.1 2.2 3.6 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 22.3 13.5 8.2 14.5 20.0 27.1 53.3 % 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.0 2.0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Corpor. volume 42.5 37.8 21.3 22.8 21.3 34.3 21.8 bonds % 3.4 2.9 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.8 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 843.4 1,015.6 1,166.8 1,554.7 1,517.2 1,858.0 1,512.9 % 66.7 78.3 82.2 74.3 73.2 67.2 58.0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Promis- volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 sory notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 1,264.1 1,297.8 1,418.7 2,092.0 2,071.7 2,765.2 2,610.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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