In September of 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA decreased by 9.7% up to equivalent of $28,301.5 m.

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, October 4, 07/ - In September 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 decreased relatively to the previous month by 9.7% and made the equivalent of $28,301.5 m. In tenge equivalent the growth is estimated at 11.7% and the volume of exchange operations - 3,462.2 bn. Relative to September 2006 the volume of exchange turnover in the described month has increased 1.73 times in dollar and 1.67 times in tenge equivalent. Following is the comparative data on turnover on KASE and its structure for September and August of 2007 (GS - governmental securities, CS - corporate securities, STF RFCA - special trading floor of regional financial center of Almaty). Comparative data of turnover on KASE and its structure for September and August of 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September -2007: August -2007: Trend: ---------------- -------------- ----------------- Market sector Volume % volume % volume % ---------------------------- --------- ------ -------- ----- -------- -------- Estimation in millions of US dollars ---------------------------- --------- ------ -------- ----- -------- -------- Foreign currencies 7,759.7 27.4 11,158.1 35.6 -3,398.3 -30.5 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 666.9 2.4 1,498.6 4.8 -831.7 -55.5 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 206.7 0.7 303.6 1.0 -96.84 -31.90 inc. on STF RFCA 37.0 <0.1 1.3 <0.1 +35.63 +2679.1 Corporate bonds* 671.8 2.4 131.2 0.4 +540.54 +411.86 inc. on STF RFCA 49.3 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 +49.2 +47920.8 Repo (CS and GSC) totally 18,996.4 67.1 18,263.9 58.2 +732.6 +4.0 inc. direct repo on GS 37.8 0.1 51.5 0.2 -13.7 -26.5 inc. autorepo on GS 15,597.4 55.1 15,431.3 49.2 +166.1 +1.1 inc. direct repo on CS 1,370.4 4.8 1,050.7 3.4 +319.7 +30.4 inc. autorepo on CS 1,990.7 7.0 1,730.3 5.5 +260.4 +15.1 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------- --------- ------ -------- ----- -------- -------- TOTAL 28,301.5 100.0 31,355.3 100.0 -3,053.8 -9.7 inc. on STF RFCA 86.3 0.3% 1.4 <0.1% +84.8 +5,922.1 ---------------------------- --------- ------ -------- ----- -------- -------- Оценка в млрд тенге ---------------------------- --------- ------ -------- ----- -------- -------- Foreign currencies 949.6 27.4 1396.5 35.6 -446.9 -32.0 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 81.2 2.3 188.2 4.8 -106.9 -56.8 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 25.2 0.7 38.0 1.0 -12.76 -33.60 inc. on STF RFCA 4.5 0.13 0.2 <0.1 +4.32 +2587.1 Corporate bonds* 81.9 2.4 16.4 0.4 +65.50 +400.02 inc. on STF RFCA 6.0 0.17 0.01 <0.1 +5.99 +47352.1 Repo (CS and GSC) totally 2,324.2 67.1 2,282.5 58.2 +41.7 +1.8 inc. direct repo on GS 4.6 0.1 6.4 0.2 -1.8 -28.0 inc. autorepo on GS 1,908.2 55.1 1,928.3 49.2 -20.1 -1.0 inc. direct repo on CS 167.7 4.8 131.4 3.3 +36.4 +27.7 inc. autorepo on CS 243.6 7.0 216.4 5.5 +27.2 +12.6 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------- --------- ------ -------- ----- -------- -------- TOTAL 3,462.2 100.0 3,921.6 100.0 -459.4 -11.7 inc. on STF RFCA 10.5 0.3% 0.18 <0.1% +10.3 +5,738.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Only deals of primary market and purchase-sale on secondary market. [2007-10-04]