For the first 9 months of 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA, increased 2.3 times relative to corresponding period of 2006

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, October 5, 07/ - For the first nine 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 $238,544.8 m. or KZT29,360.8 bn. Compared to corresponding period of 2006 volume of transactions increased 2.3 times measured in dollars and 2.29 times measured in tenge. Relative to the previous nine-month period (April-December of 2006) exchange turnover has increased 1.67 times in dollar and by 1.64 times in tenge equivalent. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January - September 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-Sep trend in: trend in: market 2007 Jan-Sep ----------------- Apr-Dec ------------------ sector 2006 m. USD % 2006 m. USD % --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- Foreign 66,975.1 21,216.4 +45,758.8 +215.7 35,517.6 +31,457.5 +88.6 currencies 28.1% 20.7% +24.8% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 contracts 0% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- Kazakhstan 7,059.3 3,666.1 +3,393.2 +92.6 5,711.6 +1,347.6 +23.6 GS 3.0% 3.6% +4% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- Foreign 0.264 0.315 -0.051 -16.1 0 +0.242 +1,100.1 GS <0.1% <0.1% 0% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- Shares 5,591.6 1,146.7 +4,444.9 +387.6 3,739.8 +1,851.80 +49.52 2.3% 1.1% +2.6% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- including 79.0 0 +79.0 Х 0 +78.95 Х STF RFCA <0.1% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- Corporate 3,302.7 2,334.0 +968.7 +41.5 2,137.7 +1,165.01 +54.50 bonds 1.4% 2.3% +1.5% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- including STF 393.9 0 +393.9 Х 0 +393.89 Х RFCA 0.2% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- Repo (CS and 155,615.8 74,348.2 +81,267.6 +109.3 95,993.1 +59,622.7 +62.1 GS) total 65.2% 72.4% +67.1% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- including repo 1,095.2 1,318.8 -223.6 -17.0 1,267.7 -172.5 -13.6 on GS, nego 0.5% 1.3% +0.9% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- including auto- 123,851.2 55,533.5 +68,317.8 +123.0 71,031.8 +52,819.5 +74.4 repo on GS 51.9% 54.1% +49.6% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- including repo 11,441.0 4,974.2 +6,466.8 +130.0 7,049.0 +4,392.0 +62.3 on CS, nego 4.8% 4.84% +4.9% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- including 19,228.2 12,521.73 +6,706.5 +53.6 16,644.6 +2,583.6 +15.5 autorepo on CS 8.1% 12.2% 11.6% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- IFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds 0% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- Promissory 0.124 0 +0.124 Х 0 +0.124 X notes <0.1% 0% 0% --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- TOTAL 238,544.8 102,711.6 +135,833.2 +132.2 143,099.8 +95,445.0 +66.7 100% 100% 100% , --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- -------- including 472.8 0 +472.8 Х 0 +472.8 X STF RFCA 0.2% 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 III-2007 IV-2007 V-2007 VI-2007 VII-2007 VIII-2007 IX-2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evaluation m. USD ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Foreign volume 5,544.9 5,896.5 7,130.3 10,318.6 7,956.4 11,158.1 7,759.7 curren % 26.3 23.7 28.7 29.1 29.5 36.1 27.4 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- KGS volume 932.1 628.0 675.4 780.5 822.8 1,498.6 666.9 % 4.4 2.5 2.7 2.2 3.1 4.8 2.4 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0.001 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Shares volume 374.0 348.5 487.0 2931.0 521.3 303.6 206.7 % 1.8 1.4 2.0 8.3 1.9 1 0.7 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Corpo volume 533.7 247.9 288.6 597.2 267.4 131.2 671.8 rate bonds % 2.5 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 2.4 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- REPO volume 13,679.7 17,766.6 16,241.7 20,783.4 17,383.6 18,263.9 18,996.4 % 64.9 71.4 65.4 58.7 64.5 59.1 67.1 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- 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 21,072.5 24,887.7 24,822.8 35,410.7 26,951.4 31,355.3 28,301.5 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Evaluation bn. tenge ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Foreign volume 688.3 719.5 858.1 1,259.1 971.7 1,396.5 949.6 curren % 26.3 23.7 28.7 29.1 29.5 35.6 27.4 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- KGS volume 115.8 76.5 81.6 95.1 100.4 188.2 81.2 % 4.4 2.5 2.7 2.2 3.1 4.8 2.3 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- FGS volume 0 0.033 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 <0.1 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Shares volume 46.3 42.4 58.5 358.5 63.6 38.0 25.2 % 1.8 1.4 2.0 8.3 1.9 1.0 0.7 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- Corpo volume 66.1 30.2 34.9 72.7 32.9 16.4 81.9 rate bonds % 2.5 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 2.4 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- REPO volume 1,698.2 2,167.1 1,953.2 2,536.1 2,121.6 2,282.5 2,324.2 % 64.9 71.4 65.4 58.7 64.5 58.2 67.1 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- 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 2,614.7 3,035.8 2,986.3 4,321.5 3,290.1 3,921.6 3,462.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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