For the first 10 months of 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA, increased 2.1 times relative to corresponding period of 2006

/IRBIS, Ruslan Dzyubaylo, November 8, 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 $265,543.8 m. or KZT32,623.2 bn. Compared to corresponding period of 2006 volume of transactions increased 2.1 times measured in dollars and 2.06 times measured in tenge. Relative to the previous ten-month period (March-December of 2006) exchange turnover has increased 1.75 times in dollar and by 1.72 times in tenge equivalent. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January - October 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. To previous month: month of 2006: Jan-Oct --------------------------- ----------------------------- KASE's trend in: trend in: market 2007 Jan-Oct ----------------- Mar-Dec ------------------- sector 2006 m. USD % 2006 m. USD % -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- Fo 71,942.6 27,352.0 +44,590.5 +163.0 38,343.1 +33,599.5 +87.6 reign Curren 27.1% 21.7% 25.3% cies -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- Futures 0 0 0 X 0 0 X contracts 0% 0% 0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- Kazak 7,350.8 4,151.6 +3,199.1 +77.1 6,090.0 +1,260.8 +20.7 hstan GS 2.8% 3.3% 4.0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- Foreign 0.264 0.315 -0.051 -16.1 0 +0.242 +1,100.1 GS 0.0001% 0% 0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- Shares 6,023.1 2,927.8 +3,095.3 +105.7 3,816.5 +2,206.56 +57.82 2.3% 2.3% 2.5% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- including 96.8 0 +96.8 X 0 +96.79 X STF RFCA 0.04% 0% , , 0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- Corp 3,631.8 2603.0 +1,028.7 +39.5 2478.1 +1,153.71 +46.56 orate bonds 1.4% 2.1% 1.6% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- including STF 399.721 0 +399.7 X 0 +399.72 X RFCA 0.1505% 0% 0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- Repo 176,595.2 88,899.4 +87,695.8 +98.6 100,650.0 +75,945.2 +75.5 (CS and GS) total 66.5% 70.6% 66.5% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- Include 1,132.7 1,332.2 -199.5 -15.0 1,389.9 -257.2 -18.5 ing repo on GS, nego 0.4% 1.1% 0.9% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- Inclu 140,627.0 66,702.4 +73,924.6 +110.8 74,180.1 +66,446.9 +89.6 ding auto- repo on GS 53.0% 53.0% 49.0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- Inclu 12,492.0 5,951.4 +6,540.6 +109.9 7,562.7 +4,929.3 +65.2 ding repo on CS, nego 4.7% 4.73% 5.0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- including 22,343.6 14,913.49 +7,430.1 +49.8 17,517.4 +4,826.2 +27.6 autorepo on CS 8.4% 11.84% 11.57% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- IFO 0 0 0 X 0 0 X bonds 0% 0% 0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- Promis 0.124 0 +0.124 X 0 +0.124 X sory notes 0.0000% 0% 0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- TOTAL 265,543.8 125,934.3 +139,609.6 +110.9 151,377.7 +114,166.1 +75.4 100% 100% 100% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- -------- including 496.5 0 +496.5 X 0 +496.5 X STF RFCA 0.19% 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 IV-2007 V-2007 VI-2007 VII-2007 VIII-2007 IX-2007 X-2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evaluation m. USD ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- Fo volume 5,896.5 7,130.3 10,318.6 7,956.4 11,158.1 7,759.7 4,967.4 reign curren % 23.7 28.7 29.1 29.5 36.1 27.4 18.4 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- KGS volume 628.0 675.4 780.5 822.8 1,498.6 666.9 291.5 % 2.5 2.7 2.2 3.1 4.8 2.4 1.1 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.001 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- Shares volume 348.5 487.0 2931.0 521.3 303.6 206.722 431.5 % 1.4 2.0 8.3 1.9 1.0 0.73043 1.6 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- Corpo volume 247.9 288.6 597.2 267.4 131.2 671.786 329.1 rate bonds % 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 2.37367 1.2 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- REPO volume 17,766.6 16,241.7 20,783.4 17,383.6 18,263.9 18,996.4 20,979.5 % 71.4 65.4 58.7 64.5 59.1 67.1 77.7 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- 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 24,887.7 24,822.9 35,410.7 26,951.4 31,355.3 28,301.5 26,999.0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- Evaluation bn. tenge ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 719.5 858.1 1,259.1 971.7 1,396.5 949.6 600.3 curren % 23.7 28.7 29.1 29.5 35.6 27.4 18.4 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- KGS volume 76.5 81.6 95.1 100.4 188.2 81.2 35.2 % 2.5 2.7 2.2 3.1 4.8 2.3 1.1 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- Shares volume 42.4 58.5 358.5 63.6 38.0 25.2 52.1 % 1.4 2.0 8.3 1.9 1.0 0.7 1.6 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- Corpo volume 30.2 34.9 72.7 32.9 16.4 81.9 39.8 rate bonds % 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 2.4 1.2 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- REPO volume 2,167.1 1,953.2 2,536.1 2,121.6 2,282.5 2,324.2 2,535.0 % 71.4 65.4 58.7 64.5 58.2 67.1 77.7 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- 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 3,035.8 2,986.3 4,321.5 3,290.1 3,921.6 3,462.2 3,262.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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