For the first 3 months of 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA, increased 2.5 times relative to corresponding period of 2006

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, April 5, 07/ - For the first 3 months of 2007 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE), inclusing special trading floor of regional financial center of Almaty (STF RFCA) reached equivalent of $66,807.3 m. or KZT8,342.3 bn. Compared to corresponding period of 2006 volume of transactions increased 2.55 times measured in dollars and 2.43 times measured in tenge. Relative to the previous three-month period (October-December of 2006) exchange turnover has increased by 0.3% in dollar and by 2.0% in tenge equivalent. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January-March 2007,as well as dynamics of the turnover structure of the Exchange's market (in m USD, unless otherwise specified). The calculation was made in terms of dollar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To corresp. month of 2006: To previous month: -------------------------- ------------------------ KASE's Jan-Mar trend in: trend in: market 2007 Jan-Mar ---------------- Oct-Dec --------------- sector 2006 m. USD % 2006 m. USD % --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ Foreign 16,747.7 6,177.9 +10,569.8 +171.1 20,479.2 -3,731.5 -18.2 currencies 25.1% 23.5% 30.7% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 contracts 0% 0% 0% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ Kazakhstan 1,987.1 909.8 +1,077.3 +118.4 2,955.4 -968.2 -32.8 GS 3.0% 3.5% 4.4% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ Foreign 0 0.3 -0.3 -100 0 0 0 GS 0% 0.001% 0% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ Shares 793.5 286.8 +506.7 +176.6 2,879.9 -2,086.4 -72.45 1.2% 1.1% 4.3% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ including 39.9 0 Х Х 0 Х Х STF RFCA 0.1% 0% 0.0% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ Corporate 1098.7 877.9 +220.8 +25.2 681.5 +417.1 +61.2 bonds 1.6% 3.3% 1.0% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ including STF 0.4 0 Х Х 0 Х Х RFCA 0.001% 0% 0% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ Repo (CS and 46,180.2 17,992.0 +28,188.2 +156.7 39,636.9 +6,543.3 +16.5 GS) total 69.1% 68.6% 59.5% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ including repo 494.1 461.5 +32.6 +7.1 410.4 +83.6 +20.4 on GS, nego 0.7% 1.8% 0.6% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ including auto- 35,924.5 14,213.0 +21,711.5 +152.8 29,711.3 +6,213.2 +20.9 repo on GS 53.8% 54.2% 44.6% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ including repo 2,773.7 1,216.9 +1,556.7 +127.9 3,291.7 -518.0 -15.7 on CS, nego 4.2% 4.64% 4.9% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ including 6,987.9 2,100.6 +4,887.3 +232.7 6,223.5 +764.4 +12.3 autorepo on CS 10.5% 8.0% 9.3% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ IFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds 0% 0% 0% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ Promissory 0.124 0 +0.124 +100 0 +0.124 +100 notes 0.0002% 0% 0% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ TOTAL 66,807.3 26,244.8 +40,562.5 +154.6 66,632.9 +174.4 +0.3 100% 100% 100% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ including 40.3 0 Х Х 0 Х Х STF RFCA 0.1% 0% 0% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 IX-2006 X-2006 XI-2006 XII-2006 I-2007 II-2007 III-2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 3,560.6 6,135.7 7,264.0 7,079.5 6,388.7 4,814.1 5,544.9 currencies % 21.7 26.4 35.6 30.8 27.3 21.5 26.3 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 501.3 485.6 730.8 1,739.0 366.4 688.6 932.1 % 3.1 2.1 3.6 7.6 1.6 3.1 4.4 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 158.6 1,781.1 416.7 682.1 206.9 212.6 374.0 % 1.0 7.7 2.0 3.0 0.9 0.9 1.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 168.6 269.0 170.2 242.3 241.9 323.1 533.7 bonds % 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.4 2.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 12,011.7 14,551.2 11,826.8 13,258.9 16,156.9 16,343.6 13,679.7 % 73.2 62.7 58.0 57.6 69.2 73.0 64.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0.124 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0.0003 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 16,400.8 23,222.6 20,408.5 23,001.8 23,360.8 22,382.0 21,064.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 449.7 783.7 929.1 904.7 802.7 601.1 687.3 currencies % 21.7 26.4 35.6 30.8 27.3 21.5 26.3 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 63.3 62.0 93.5 221.9 46.2 85.6 115.8 % 3.1 2.1 3.6 7.5 1.6 3.1 4.4 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 20.0 226.9 53.3 87.2 26.0 26.5 46.3 % 1.0 7.7 2.0 3.0 0.9 1.0 1.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 21.3 34.3 21.8 31.0 30.4 40.3 66.1 bonds % 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.4 2.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 1,517.2 1,858.0 1,512.9 1,695.7 2,032.3 2,037.5 1,698.2 % 73.2 62.7 58.0 57.7 69.2 73.0 65.0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0.00027 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 2,071.7 2,965.0 2,610.6 2,940.5 2,937.6 2,791.0 2,613.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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