For the first 5 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, June 6, 07/ - For the first 5 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 $116,525.8 m. or KZT14,365.4 bn. Compared to corresponding period of 2006 volume of transactions increased 2.5 times measured in dollars and 2.4 times measured in tenge. Relative to the previous four-month period (August-December of 2006) exchange turnover has increased by 16.5% in dollar and by 13.3% in tenge equivalent. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January - May 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 trend in: trend in: market Jan-May Jan-May ---------------- Aug-Dec ---------------- sector 2007 2006 m. USD % 2006 m. USD % --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Foreign 29,782.4 11,124.0 +18,658.4 +167.7 27,274.3 +2,508.1 +9.2 currencies 25.6% 23.9% 27.3% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 contracts 0% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan 3,290.5 1,821.1 +1,469.5 +80.7 4,281.6 -991.1 -23.1 GS 2.8% 3.9% 4.3% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Foreign 0.264 0.315 -0.1 -16.1 0 +0.264 X GS 0.0002% 0.001% 0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Shares 1,629.0 687.3 +941.7 +137.0 3,157.4 -1,528.4 -48.4 1.4% 1.5% 3.2% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including 40.1 Х Х Х Х +40.1 X STF RFCA 0.03% Х Х --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Corporate 1,635.0 1,484.4 +150.6 +10.1 1,035.2 +599.9 +57.9 bonds 1.4% 3.2% 1.0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including STF 0.405 Х Х Х Х Х X RFCA 0.0003% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 80,188.4 31,365.6 +48,822.8 +155.7 64,244.7 +15,943.7 +24.8 GS) total 68.8% 67.5% 64.2% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including repo 567.3 637.1 -69.8 -11.0 1,009.4 -442.1 -43.8 on GS, nego 0.5% 1.4% 1.0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including auto- 62,755.7 23,722.2 +39,033.5 +164.5 48,134.8 +14,620.8 +30.4 repo on GS 53.9% 51.0% 48.1% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including repo 5,025.6 2,224.3 +2,801.3 +125.9 4,756.4 +269.2 +5.7 on CS, nego 4.3% 4.8% 4.8% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including 11,839.9 4,782.1 +7,057.8 +147.6 10,344.1 +1,495.8 +14.5 autorepo on CS 10.2% 10.3% 10.3% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ IFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds 0% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Promissory 0.124 0 +0.124 +100.0 0 +0.124 +100.0 notes 0.0001% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ TOTAL 116,525.8 46,482.7 +70,043.1 +150.7 99,993.3 +16,532.5 +16.5 100% 100% 100% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including 40.5 Х Х Х Х Х X STF RFCA 0.03% 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 XI-2006 XII-2006 I-2007 II-2007 III-2007 IV-2007 V-2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 7,264.0 7,079.5 6,388.7 4,814.1 5,552.9 5,896.5 7,130.3 currencies % 35.6 30.8 27.3 21.5 26.4 23.7 28.7 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 730.8 1,739.0 366.4 688.6 932.1 628.0 675.4 % 3.6 7.6 1.6 3.1 4.4 2.5 2.7 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0.264 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0.001 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 416.7 682.1 206.9 212.6 374.0 348.5 487.0 % 2.0 3.0 0.9 0.9 1.8 1.4 2.0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 170.2 242.3 241.9 323.1 533.7 247.9 288.5 bonds % 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.4 2.5 1.0 1.2 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 11,826.8 13,258.9 16,156.9 16,343.6 13,679.7 17,766.6 16,241.7 % 58.0 57.6 69.2 73.0 64.9 71.4 65.4 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promissory volume 0 0 0.124 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0.001 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 20,408.5 23,001.8 23,360.8 22,382.0 21,072.5 24,887.7 24,822.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 929.1 904.7 802.7 601.1 688.3 719.5 858.1 currencies % 35.6 30.8 27.3 21.5 26.3 23.7 28.7 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 93.5 221.9 46.2 85.6 115.8 76.5 81.6 % 3.6 7.5 1.6 3.1 4.4 2.5 2.7 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0.001 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 53.3 87.2 26.0 26.5 46.3 42.4 58.5 % 2.0 3.0 0.9 1.0 1.8 1.4 2.0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 21.8 31.0 30.4 40.3 66.1 30.2 34.9 bonds % 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.4 2.5 1.0 1.2 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 1,512.9 1,695.7 2,032.3 2,037.5 1,698.2 2,167.1 1,953.2 % 58.0 57.7 69.2 73.0 64.9 71.4 65.4 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promissory volume 0 0 0.016 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0.001 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 2,610.6 2,940.5 2,937.6 2,791.0 2,614.7 3,035.8 2,986.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2007-06-06]