For the first 11 months of 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA, increased 2.03 times relative to corresponding period of 2006

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, December 10, 07/ - For the first 11 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 $296,951.6 m. or KZT36,414.0 bn. Compared to corresponding period of 2006 volume of transactions increased 2.03 times measured in dollars and 1.98 times measured in tenge. Relative to the previous ten-month period (February-December of 2006) exchange turnover has increased 1.84 times in dollar and by 1.80 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: --------------------------- --------------------------- KASE's trend in: trend in: market Jan-Nov Jan-Nov ----------------- Feb-Dec ----------------- sector 2007 2006 m. USD % 2006 m. USD % -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ Fo 81,588.6 34,616.0 +46,972.6 +135.7 40,191.1 +41,397.4 +103.0 reign Curren 27.5% 23.7% 24.9% cies -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 X 0 0 X contracts 0% 0% 0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ Kazak 7,611.6 4,882.5 +2,729.2 +55.9 6,309.4 +1,302.3 +20.6 hstan GS 2.6% 3.3% 3.9% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ Foreign 0.264 0.315 -0.051 -16.1 0.315 -0.051 -16.1 GS 0.0001% 0% <0.01% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ Shares 8,530.7 3,344.5 +5,186.2 +155.1 3,948.6 +4,582.1 +116.0 2.9% 2.3% 2.5% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ including 113.4 0 +113.4 X 0 +113.4 X STF RFCA 0.04% 0% , , 0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ Corp 3,968.3 2,773.2 +1,195.1 +43.1 2,685.4 +1,282.9 +47.8 orate bonds 1.3% 1.9% 1.7% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ including STF 399.8 0 +399.7 X 0 +399.8 X RFCA 0.14% 0% 0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ Repo 195,252.0 100,726.2 +94,525.8 +93.8 107,994.3 +87,257.7 +80.8 (CS and GS) total 65.8% 68.8% 67.0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ Include 1,196.6 1,364.8 -168.2 -12.3 1,605.7 -409.1 -25.5 ing repo on GS, nego 0.4% 0.9% 1.0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ Inclu 155,254.0 75,795.5 +79,458.5 +104.8 80,187.8 +75,066.2 +93.6 ding auto- repo on GS 52.3% 51.8% 49.8% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ Inclu 13,598.2 6,641.3 +6,956.9 +104.8 8,021.7 +5,576.5 +69.5 ding repo on CS, nego 4.6% 4.54% 5.0% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ including 25,203.2 16,924.6 +8,278.6 +48.9 18,179.1 +7,024.2 +38.6 autorepo on CS 8.5% 11.6% 11.3% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ 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 296,951.6 146,342.7 +150,608.9 +102.9 161,129.0 +135,822.5 +84.3 100% 100% 100% -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- ---------- ------ including 513.2 0 +513.2 X 0 +513.2 X STF RFCA 0.17% 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 V-2007 VI-2007 VII-2007 VIII-2007 IX-2007 X-2007 XI-2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evaluation m. USD ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Fo volume 7,130.3 10,318.6 7,956.4 11,158.1 7,759.7 4,967.4 9,646.0 reign curren % 28.7 29.1 29.5 35.6 27.4 18.4 30.7 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 675.4 780.5 822.8 1,498.6 666.9 291.5 260.9 % 2.7 2.2 3.1 4.8 2.4 1.1 0.8 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 487.0 2931.0 521.3 303.6 206.722 431.5 2,507.6 % 2.0 8.3 1.9 1.0 0.7 1.6 8.0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Corpo volume 288.6 597.2 267.4 131.2 671.786 329.1 337.0 rate bonds % 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 2.4 1.2 1.1 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 16,241.7 20,783.4 17,383.6 18,263.9 18,996.4 20,979.5 18,656.8 % 65.4 58.7 64.5 58.2 67.1 77.7 59.4 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- 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 24,822.9 35,410.7 26,951.4 31,355.3 28,301.5 26,999.0 31,407.8 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Evaluation bn. tenge ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 858.1 1 259.1 971.7 1 396.5 949.6 600.3 1 164.4 curren % 28.7 29.1 29.5 35.6 27.4 18.4 30.7 cies ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 81.6 95.1 100.4 188.2 81.2 35.2 31.5 % 2.7 2.2 3.1 4.8 2.3 1.1 0.8 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 58.5 358.5 63.6 38.0 25.2 52.1 302.5 % 2.0 8.3 1.9 1.0 0.7 1.6 8.0 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Corpo volume 34.9 72.7 32.9 16.4 81.9 39.8 41.0 rate bonds % 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 2.4 1.2 1.1 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 1 953.2 2 536.1 2 121.6 2 282.5 2 324.2 2 535.0 2 251.8 % 65.4 58.7 64.5 58.2 67.1 77.7 59.4 ------- ------ -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- 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 2 986.3 4 321.5 3 290.1 3 921.6 3 462.2 3 262.4 3 790.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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