In August of 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA increased by 16.3% up to equivalent of $31,355.3 m.

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, September 6, 07/ - In August 2007 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE), including special trade floor of regional financial center of Almaty (STF RFCA) in dollar expression increased relatively to the previous month by 16.3% and made the equivalent of $31,355.3 m. In tenge equivalent the growth is estimated at 19.2% and the volume of exchange operations - 3,921.6 bn. Relative to August 2006 the volume of exchange turnover in the described month has increased 1.85 times in dollar and 1.87 times in tenge equivalent. Following is the comparative data on turnover on KASE and its structure for August and July 2007 (GS - governmental securities, CS - corporate securities, STF RFCA - special trading floor of regional financial center of Almaty). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- August -2007: July-2007: Trend: --------------- --------------- ---------------- Market sector Volume % volume % volume % ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Estimation in millions of US dollars ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Foreign currencies 11,158.1 35.6 7,956.4 29.5 +3,201.7 +40.2 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 1,498.6 4.8 822.8 3.1 +675.8 +82.1 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 303.6 1.0 521.3 1.9 -217.7 -41.8 inc. on STF RFCA 1.3 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 +1.0 +307.5 Corporate bonds* 131.2 0.4 267.4 1.0 -136.1 -50.9 inc. on STF RFCA 0.1 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 -0.15 -59.5 Repo (CS and GSC) totally 18,263.9 58.2 17,383.6 64.5 +880.3 +5.1 inc. direct repo on GS 51.5 0.2 242.2 0.9 -190.6 -78.7 inc. autorepo on GS 15,431.3 49.2 14,333.5 53.2 +1,097.9 +7.7 inc. direct repo on CS 1,050.7 3.4 848.7 3.1 +202.0 +23.8 inc. autorepo on CS 1,730.3 5.5 1,959.3 7.3 -229.0 -11.7 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ TOTAL 31,355.3 100.0 26,951.4 100.0 +4,403.9 +16.3 inc. on STF RFCA 1.4 <0.1 0.6 <0.1 +0.9 +146.9 ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Оценка в млрд тенге ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Foreign currencies 1,396.5 35.6 971.7 29.5 +424.9 +43.7 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 188.2 4.8 100.4 3.1 +87.8 +87.5 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 38.0 1.0 63.6 1.9 -25.6 -40.3 inc. on STF RFCA 0.167 <0.1 0.040 <0.1 +0.127 +319.3 Corporate bonds* 16.4 0.4 32.9 1.0 -16.5 -50.2 inc. on STF RFCA 0.01 <0.1 0.03 <0.1 -0.018 -59.1 Repo (CS and GSC) totally 2,282.5 58.2 2,121.6 64.5 +160.9 +7.6 inc. direct repo on GS 6.4 0.2 29.5 0.9 -23.1 -78.3 inc. autorepo on GS 1,928.3 49.2 1,749.6 53.2 +178.7 +10.2 inc. direct repo on CS 131.4 3.3 103.6 3.1 +27.7 +26.8 inc. autorepo on CS 216.4 5.5 238.9 7.3 -22.5 -9.4 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ TOTAL 3,921.6 100.0 3,290.1 100.0 +631.4 +19.2 inc. on STF RFCA 0.18 <0.1 0.07 <0.1 +0.1 +154.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Only deals of primary market and purchase-sale on secondary market. [2007-09-06]