For the first 6 months of 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA, increased 2.7 times relative to corresponding period of 2006

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, July 6, 07/ - For the first 6 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 $151.9 m. or KZT18,686.9 bn. Compared to corresponding period of 2006 volume of transactions increased 2.65 times measured in dollars and 2.58 times measured in tenge. Relative to the previous six-month period (July-December of 2006) exchange turnover has increased by 35.6% in dollar and by 34.5% in tenge equivalent. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January - June 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-June trend in: trend in: market 2007 Jan-June ---------------- July-Dec --------------- sector 2006 m. USD % 2006 m. USD % --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Foreign 40,101.0 12,687.2 +27,413.8 +216.1 29,008.3 +11,092.7 +38.2 currencies 26.4% 22.1% 25.9% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 contracts 0% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Kazakhstan 4,071.0 2,189.9 +1,881.1 +85.9 4,431.6 -360.6 -8.1 GS 2.7% 3.8% 4.0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Foreign 0.264 0.315 -0.1 -16.1 0 +0.264 X GS <0.01% <0.01% 0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Shares 4,560.0 800.1 +3,759.9 +469.9 3,226.5 +1,333.5 +41.3 3.0% 1.4% 2.9% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including 40.3 0 +40.3 Х 0 +40.3 X STF RFCA 0.03% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Corporate 2,232.2 1,800.2 +432.1 +24.0 1,215.4 +1,016.8 +83.7 bonds 1.5% 3.1% 1.1% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including STF 344.1 0 +344.1 Х 0 +344.1 X RFCA 0.2% 0% 0 --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Repo (CS and 100,971.8 39,854.1 +61,117.8 +153.4 74,131.1 +26,840.8 +36.2 GS) total 66.5% 69.5% 66.2% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including repo 763.7 683.7 +80.0 +11.7 1,045.5 -281.8 -27.0 on GS, nego 0.5% 1.2% 0.9% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including auto- 78,489.0 29,813.1 +48,676.0 +163.3 55,431.7 +23,057.4 +41.6 repo on GS 51.7% 52.0% 49.5% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including repo 8,171.2 2,947.6 +5,223.6 +177.2 5,318.3 +2,852.9 +53.6 on CS, nego 5.4% 5.1% 4.7% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including 13,547.9 6,409.6 +7,138.3 +111.4 12,335.6 +1,212.3 +9.8 autorepo on CS 8.9% 11.2% 11.0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- IFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds 0 0 0 --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Promissory 0.124 0 +0.124 X 0 +0.1 X notes <0.01% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- TOTAL 151,936.5 57,331.7 +94,604.7 +165.0 112,012.8 +39,923.6 +35.6 100% 100% 100% --------------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including 384.5 0 +384.5 Х 0 +384.5 X STF RFCA 0.25% 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 XII-2006 I-2007 II-2007 III-2007 IV-2007 V-2007 VI-2007 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 7,079.5 6,388.7 4,814.1 5,552.9 5,896.5 7,130.3 10,318.6 curren % 30.8 27.3 21.5 26.4 23.7 28.7 29.1 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 1,739.0 366.4 688.6 932.1 628.0 675.4 780.5 % 7.6 1.6 3.1 4.4 2.5 2.7 2.2 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0.264 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 <0.01 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 682.1 206.9 212.6 374.0 348.5 487.0 2931.0 % 3.0 0.9 0.9 1.8 1.4 2.0 8.3 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corpo volume 242.3 241.9 323.1 533.7 247.9 288.5 597.2 rate bonds % 1.1 1.0 1.4 2.5 1.0 1.2 1.7 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 13,258.9 16,156.9 16,343.6 13,679.7 17,766.6 16,241.7 20,783.4 % 57.6 69.2 73.0 64.9 71.4 65.4 58.7 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promi volume 0 0.124 0 0 0 0 0 ssory notes % 0 <0.01 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 23,001.8 23,360.8 22,382.0 21,072.5 24,887.7 24,822.8 35,410.7 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 904.7 802.7 601.1 688.3 719.5 858.1 1,259.1 curren % 30.8 27.3 21.5 26.3 23.7 28.7 29.1 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 221.9 46.2 85.6 115.8 76.5 81.6 95.1 % 7.5 1.6 3.1 4.4 2.5 2.7 2.2 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0.033 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 <0.01 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 87.2 26.0 26.5 46.3 42.4 58.5 358.5 % 3.0 0.9 1.0 1.8 1.4 2.0 8.3 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corpo volume 31.0 30.4 40.3 66.1 30.2 34.9 72.7 rate bonds % 1.1 1.0 1.4 2.5 1.0 1.2 1.7 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 1,695.7 2,032.3 2,037.5 1,698.2 2,167.1 1,953.2 2,536.1 % 57.7 69.2 73.0 64.9 71.4 65.4 58.7 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promi volume 0 0.016 0 0 0 0 0 ssory notes % 0 <0.01 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 2,940.5 2,937.6 2,791.0 2,614.7 3,035.8 2,986.3 4,321.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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