For the first eight months of 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA, increased 2.4 times relative to corresponding period of 2006

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, September 6, 07/ - For the first eight months of 2007 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE), including special trading floor of regional financial center of Almaty (STF RFCA) reached equivalent of $210,243.2 m. or KZT25,898.6 bn. Compared to corresponding period of 2006 volume of transactions increased 2.44 times measured in dollars and 2.41 times measured in tenge. Relative to the previous eight-month period (May-December of 2006) exchange turnover has increased by 1.58% in dollar and by 1.55% in tenge equivalent. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January - August 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-Aug Jan-Aug ----------------- May-Dec --------------- sector 2007 2006 m. USD % 2006 m. USD % --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Foreign 59,215.4 17,655.7 +41,559.7 +235.4 33,110.8 +26,104.6 +78.8 currencies 28.2% 20.5% +24.9% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 contracts 0% 0% 0% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Kazakhstan 6,392.4 3,164.8 +3,227.6 +102.0 5,167.2 +1,225.2 +23.7 GS 3.0% 3.7% +3.9% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Foreign 0.264 0.315 -0.1 -16.1 0 +0.264 X GS <0.1% <0.1% 0% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Shares 5,384.8 988.1 +4,396.7 +445.0 3,521.4 +1,863.4 +52.9 2.6% 1.1% +2.6% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including 42.0 0 +42.0 Х 0 +42.0 X STF RFCA <0.1% 0% 0% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Corporate 2,630.8 2,165.4 +465.5 +21.5 1,878.5 +752.3 +40.0 bonds 1.3% 2.5% +1.4% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including STF 344.499 0 +344.5 Х 0 +344.5 X RFCA 0.2% 0% 0% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- Repo (CS and 136,619.3 62,336.5 +74,282.8 +119.2 89,507.6 +47,111.7 +52.6 GS) total 65.0% 72.2% +67.2% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including repo 1,057.4 1,129.4 -72.0 -6.4 1,164.9 -107.5 -9.2 on GS, nego 0.5% 1.3% +0.9% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including auto- 108,253.8 46,652.2 +61,601.7 +132.0 66,463.1 +41,790.7 +62.9 repo on GS 51.5% 54.1% +49.9% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including repo 10,070.6 4,098.9 +5,971.7 +145.7 6,531.1 +3,539.5 +54.2 on CS, nego 4.8% 4.7% +4.9% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including 17,237.5 10,456.1 +6,781.4 +64.9 15,348.6 +1,888.9 +12.3 autorepo on CS 8.2% 12.1% +11.5% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- 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.,1% 0% 0% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- TOTAL 210,243.2 86,310.9 +123,932.3 +143.6 133,185.6 +77,057.6 +57.9 100% 100% 100% --------------- --------- -------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ----- including 386.5 0 +386.5 Х 0 +386.5 X STF RFCA 0.2% 0.0% 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 II-2007 III-2007 IV-2007 V-2007 VI-2007 VII-2007 VIII-2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ m. USD ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Foreign volume 4,814.1 5,552.9 5,896.5 7,130.3 10,318.6 7,956.4 11,158.1 curren % 21.5 26.4 23.7 28.7 29.1 29.5 35.6 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- KGS volume 688.6 932.1 628.0 675.4 780.5 822.8 1,498.6 % 3.1 4.4 2.5 2.7 2.2 3.1 4.8 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- FGS volume 0 0 0.264 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 <0.,1 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Shares volume 212.6 374.0 348.5 487.0 2931.0 521.3 303.6 % 0.9 1.8 1.4 2.0 8.3 1.9 1.0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Corpo volume 323.1 533.7 247.9 288.5 597.2 267.4 131.2 rate bonds % 1.4 2.5 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- REPO volume 16,343.6 13,679.7 17,766.6 16,241.7 20,783.4 17,383.6 18,263.9 % 73.0 64.9 71.4 65.4 58.7 64.5 58.2 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Promi volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ssory notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- TOTAL 22,382.0 21,072.5 24,887.7 24,822.8 35,410.7 26,951.4 31,355.3 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- bn. tenge ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Foreign volume 601.1 688.3 719.5 858.1 1,259.1 971.7 1,396.5 curren % 21.5 26.3 23.7 28.7 29.1 29.5 35.6 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- KGS volume 85.6 115.8 76.5 81.6 95.1 100.4 188.2 % 3.1 4.4 2.5 2.7 2.2 3.1 4.8 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- FGS volume 0 0 0.033 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 <0.,1 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Shares volume 26.5 46.3 42.4 58.5 358.5 63.6 38.0 % 1.0 1.8 1.4 2.0 8.3 1.9 1.0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Corpo volume 40.3 66.1 30.2 34.9 72.7 32.9 16.4 rate bonds % 1.4 2.5 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- REPO volume 2,037.5 1,698.2 2,167.1 1,953.2 2,536.1 2,121.6 2,282.5 % 73.0 64.9 71.4 65.4 58.7 64.5 58.2 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- Promi volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ssory notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- TOTAL 2,791.0 2,614.7 3,035.8 2,986.3 4,321.5 3,290.1 3,921.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comments to the table 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. [2007-09-06]