In 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA, totaled $322.5 bn. and increased 1.9 times relative to previous year

/IRBIS, Ruslan Dzyubaylo, January 8, 08/ - Over entier 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 $322,474.5 m. or KZT39,505.6 bn. Compared to year 2006, volume of transactions increased 1.90 times measured in dollars and 1.85 times measured in tenge. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in 2006 and 2005, 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. ------------------------------------------------------------ Trend of Market's 2007 2006 2006 to 2005: sector of volume and volume and ------------------ KASE structure structure m USD % ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ Foreign 91,421.8 41,695.5 +49,726.2 +119.3 currencies 28.4% 24.6% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 X contracts 0% 0% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 8,065.7 6,621.5 +1,444.3 +21.8 2.5% 3.9% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ Foreign GS 0.264 0.315 -0.051 -16.1 0.0001% 0% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ Shares 8,924.4 4,026.6 +4,897.8 +121.6 2.8% 2.4% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ inc. STF, 113.4 0 +113.4 X RFCA 0.04% 0% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ CS 4,302.5 3,015.5 +1,286.9 +42.7 1.3% 1.8% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ inc. STF, 399.8 0 +399.8 X RFCA 0.1% 0% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ Repo (CS and 209,759.7 113,985.1 +95,774.6 +84.0 GS) total 65.0% 67.3% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ inc. repo on GS, 1,258.9 1,729.2 -470.4 -27.2 direct 0.4% 1.0% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ inc. auto- 166,291.6 85,244.7 +81,046.9 +95.1 repo on GS 51.6% 50.3% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ inc. repo on CS, 14,357.0 8,265.9 +6,091.0 +73.7 direct 4.5% 4.9% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ inc. auto- 27,852.2 18,745.2 +9,107.0 +48.6 ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ repo on CS 8.6% 11.1% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ IFO bonds 0 0 0 X 0% 0% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ Promissory notes 0.1 0 +0.1 X 0% 0% ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ TOTAL 322,474.5 169,344.6 +153,129.9 +90.4 100% 100% , , ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ inc. STF, 513.2 0 +513.2 X RFCA 0.2% 0% ------------------------------------------------------------ Following is the table with the dynamics of the turnover of the Exchange for the last 7 months, which is grouped by months and market sectors (both in KZT and USD). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Market Indica- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- sector tor VI-2007 VII-2007 VIII-2007 IX-2007 X-2007 XI-2007 XII-2007 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- In million US dollars (estimations) -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 10,318.6 7,956.4 11,158.1 7,759.7 4,967.4 9,646.0 9,833.2 Currency % 29.1 29.5 35.6 27.4 18.4 30.7 38.5 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 780.5 822.8 1,498.6 666.9 291.5 260.9 454.1 % 2.2 3.1 4.8 2.4 1.1 0.8 1.8 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 2931.0 521.3 303.6 206.7 431.526 2507.6 393.7 8.3 1.9 1.0 0.7 1.6 8.0 1.5 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- CS volume 597.2 267.4 131.2 671.8 329.084 336.5 334.2 % 1.7 1.0 0.4 2.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 20,783.4 17,383.6 18,263.9 18,996.4 20,979.5 18,656.8 14,500.0 % 58.7 64.5 58.2 67.1 77.7 59.4 56.8 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promis. volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 35,410.7 26,951.4 31,355.3 28,301.5 26,999.0 31,407.8 25,515.2 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- In billion tenge (estimations) -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 1,259.1 971.7 1,396.5 949.6 600.3 1,164.4 1,187.8 Currency % 29.1 29.5 35.6 27.4 18.4 30.7 38.4 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 95.1 100.4 188.2 81.2 35.2 31.5 54.8 % 2.2 3.1 4.8 2.3 1.1 0.8 1.8 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 358.5 63.6 38.0 25.2 52.1 302.5 47.5 % 8.3 1.9 1.0 0.7 1.6 8.0 1.5 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- CS volume 72.7 32.9 16.4 81.9 39.8 40.6 40.4 % 1.7 1.0 0.4 2.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 2,536.1 2,121.6 2,282.5 2,324.2 2,535.0 2,251.8 1,760.2 % 58.7 64.5 58.2 67.1 77.7 59.4 57.0 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promis. volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 4,321.5 3,290.1 3,921.6 3,462.2 3,262.4 3,790.8 3,090.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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