In 2006 volume of repo transactions on KASE reached KZT14,345.3 bn. and grew by 70.0%

/IRBIS, Valeriy Khegay, January 4, 07/ - In 2006 volume of repo transactions made on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached KZT14,345.3 bn. ($113,985.3 m.) and compared to similar period of last year increased by 77.3% (by 87.3% in dollar terms). In 2004 volume of corresponding transactions on KASE has not exceeded KZT5,683.5 bn. ($42,012.0 m.). Following is the table of volumes of repo deals made on KASE in 2006 grouped by months as well as the structure of turnover and comparable data for 2005 (m. KZT). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Repo Automatic repo by direct deals method ------------------------- ---------------------- TOTAL Month CS GS CS GS repo ------------- ----------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ January 75,233.1 672,116.2 32,506.8 16,354.0 796,210.1 February 86,730.1 789,145.3 60,247.5 28,293.6 964,416.6 March 112,537.8 405,424.3 66,161.1 15,782.3 599,905.5 April 163,789.7 578,283.7 65,451.1 12,989.3 820,513.7 May 169,872.0 604,505.0 60,036.8 8,953.3 843,367.1 June 194,879.8 728,530.5 86,588.2 5,599.6 1,015,598.1 July 235,377.3 860,753.5 66,396.3 4,275.8 1,166,802.9 August 253,288.7 1,177,772.5 72,571.7 51,083.4 1,554,716.4 September 260,985.1 1,121,805.8 110,599.1 23,818.4 1,517,208.4 October 305,422.8 1,426,156.5 124,720.6 1,706.6 1,858,006.5 November 257,264.6 1,163,189.6 88,259.8 4,170.5 1,512,884.4 December 233,793.3 1,207,964.5 207,474.3 46,448.9 1,695,681.1 ------------- ----------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ Total 2,349,174.5 10,735,647.3 1,041,013.3 219,475.7 14,345,310.9 ------------- ----------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ Jan-Dec, 2004 270,084.1 7,386,302.4 340,252.1 93,797.9 8,090,436.4 Trend, times 8.70 1.45 3.06 2.34 1.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CS - corporate securities; GS - government securities. [2007-01-04]