For the first 7 months of 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA, increased 2.6 times relative to corresponding period of 2006

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, August 8, 07/ - For the first 7 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 $178,887.9 m. or KZT21,977.1 bn. Compared to corresponding period of 2006 volume of transactions increased 2.58 times measured in dollars and 2.53 times measured in tenge. Relative to the previous seven-month period (June-December of 2006) exchange turnover has increased by 45.6% in dollar and by 42.7% 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-Jul trend in: trend in: market 2007 Jan-Jul ----------------- June-Dec --------------- sector 2006 m. USD % 2006 m. USD % --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Foreign 48,057.3 14,421.2 +33,636.2 +233.2 30,571.5 +17,485.8 +57.2 currencies 26.9% 20.8% +24.9% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Futures 0 0 0 0 0 contracts 0% 0% 0% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Kazakhstan 4,893.8 2,339.8 +2,554.0 +109.2 4,800.4 +93.4 +1.9 GS 2.7% 3.4% +3.9% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Foreign 0.264 0.315 -0.051 -16.1 0 +0.264 X GS <0.1% <0.1% 0% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Shares 5,081.3 869.2 +4,212.1 +484.6 3,339.3 +1,742.0 +52.2 2.8% 1.3% +2.7% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including 40.7 0 +40.7 Х 0 +40.7 X STF RFCA <0.1% 0% 0% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Corporate 2,499.6 1,980.4 +519.2 +26.2 1,531.2 +968.4 +63.2 bonds 1.4% 2.9% +1.2% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including STF 344.4 0 +344.4 Х 0 +344.4 X RFCA 0.2% 0% 0% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Repo (CS and 118,355.5 49,740.4 +68,615.1 +137.9 82,619.5 +35,736.0 +43.3 GS) total 66.2% 71.7% +67.2% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including repo 1,005.9 719.9 +286.0 +39.7 1,092.2 -86.3 -7.9 on GS, nego 0.6% 1.0% +0.9% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including auto- 92,822.5 37,109.9 +55,712.6 +150.1 61,522.6 +31,299.9 +50.9 repo on GS 51.9% 53.5% +50.1% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including repo 9,019.9 3,509.5 +5,510.4 +157.0 6,041.6 +2,978.3 +49.3 on CS, nego 5.0% 5.1% +4.9% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including 15,507.2 8,401.1 +7,106.1 +84.6 13,963.2 +1,544.0 +11.1 autorepo on CS 8.7% 12.1% +11.4% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- IFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds 0% 0% 0% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Promissory 0.124 0 +0.124 X 0 +0.124 X notes <0.1% 0% 0% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- TOTAL 178,887.9 69,351.2 +109,536.6 +157.9 122,861.8 +56,026.0 +45.6 100% 100% 100% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including 385.1 0 +385.1 Х 0 +385.1 X STF RFCA 0.22% 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 I-2007 II-2007 III-2007 IV-2007 V-2007 VI-2007 VII-2007 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 6,388.7 4,814.1 5,552.9 5,896.5 7,130.3 10,318.6 7,956.4 curren % 27.3 21.5 26.4 23.7 28.7 29.1 29.5 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 366.4 688.6 932.1 628.0 675.4 780.5 822.8 % 1.6 3.1 4.4 2.5 2.7 2.2 3.1 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0.264 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 <0.1 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 206.9 212.6 374.0 348.5 487.0 2931.0 521.3 % 0.9 0.9 1.8 1.4 2.0 8.3 1.9 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corpo volume 241.9 323.1 533.7 247.9 288.5 597.2 267.4 rate bonds % 1.0 1.4 2.5 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 16,156.9 16,343.6 13,679.7 17,766.6 16,241.7 20,783.4 17,383.6 % 69.2 73.0 64.9 71.4 65.4 58.7 64.5 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promi volume 0.124 0 0 0 0 0 0 ssory notes % <0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 23,360.8 22,382.0 21,072.5 24,887.7 24,822.8 35,410.7 26,951.4 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 802.7 601.1 688.3 719.5 858.1 1,259.1 971.7 curren % 27.3 21.5 26.3 23.7 28.7 29.1 29.5 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 46.2 85.6 115.8 76.5 81.6 95.1 100.4 % 1.6 3.1 4.4 2.5 2.7 2.2 3.1 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0.033 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 <0.1 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 26.0 26.5 46.3 42.4 58.5 358.5 63.6 % 0.9 1.0 1.8 1.4 2.0 8.3 1.9 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corpo volume 30.4 40.3 66.1 30.2 34.9 72.7 32.9 rate bonds % 1.0 1.4 2.5 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 2,032.3 2,037.5 1,698.2 2,167.1 1,953.2 2,536.1 2,121.6 % 69.2 73.0 64.9 71.4 65.4 58.7 64.5 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promi volume 0.016 0 0 0 0 0 0 ssory notes % <0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 2,937.6 2,791.0 2,614.7 3,035.8 2,986.3 4,321.5 3,290.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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