In January of 2008 volume of all transactions at KASE decreased by 12.1% relative to corresponding peirod of year 2007

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, February 11, 08/ - In January of 2008 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) had reached the equivalent of $20,534.7 m. or KZT2,471.8 bn. Compared to corresponding period of year 2007 (January) volume of operations decreased by 12.1% in dollar and by 15.9% in tenge equivalent. Relative to previous month - December 2007 - the exchange turnover decreased by 19.5% in dollar and by 20.0% in tenge expression. Below is given the comparative table of indicators of deals' volume on KASE in January 2008 and also dynamics of structure of exchange turnover (m. USD, if other is not specified). Estimation is made in dollar equivalent of turnover. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To corresponding period of 2007: To previous period: ------------------------ ----------------------- Sector January trend: Trend: of KASE'S 2008 January --------------- December -------------- market 2007 USD, m. % 2007 USD, m. % ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Foreign currencies 4,656.1 6,388.7 -1,732.6 -27.1 9,833.2 -5,177.1 -52.6 22.7% 27.3% 38.5% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Future 0 0 0 X 0 0 X contracts 0% 0% 0% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Kazakhstan 499.6 366.4 +133.1 +36.3 454.1 +45.5 +10.0 GS 2.4% 1.6% 1.8% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Foreign 0 0 0 X 0 0 X GS 0% 0% 0% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Shares 219.4 206.9 +12.5 +6.0 393.7 -174.4 -44.3 1.1% 0.9% 1.5% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- including on STF 0.1 X X X 0 +0.1 X RFCA 0.001% X , , 0% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Corporate 103.2 241.9 -138.7 -57.3 334.2 -231.0 -69.1 bonds 0.5% 1.0% 1.3% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- including on STF 0.072 X X X 0 +0.1 X RFCA <0.1% X 0% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Repo (CS and 15,056.5 16,156.9 -1,100.3 -6.8 14,500.0 +556.5 +3.8 GS) totally 73.3% 69.2% 56.8% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- including repo at 108.9 376.8 -267.9 -71.1 62.3 +46.6 +74.8 GS, nego 0.5% 1.6% 0.2% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- including auto- 11,553.3 12,815.9 -1,262.6 -9.9 11,037.6 +515.7 +4.7 repo on GS 56.3% 54.9% 43.3% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- including repo at 957.7 985.7 -27.9 -2.8 758.8 +198.9 +26.2 CS, nego 4.7% 4.2% 3.0% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- including auto- 2,436.6 1,978.6 +458.0 +23.2 2,641.3 -204.7 -7.8 repo at CS 11.9% 8.5% 10.4% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- IFO 0 0 0 X 0 0 X bonds 0% 0% 0% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Promissory notes 0 0.12 -0.124 -100.0 0 0 X 0% <0.1% 0% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- TOTAL 20,534.7 23,360.8 -2,826.1 -12.1 25,515.2 -4,980.5 -19.5 100% 100% 100% ------------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- including on STF 0.2 X X X 0 +0.2 X RFCA <0.1% X 0% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Below is given the table, containing the dynamics of indicators of exchange turnover for the last 7 months with grouping by months and sectors of market (estimation in tenge and US dollars). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Market Indicat sector or VII-2007 VIII-2007 IX-2007 X-2007 XI-2007 XII-2007 I-2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimation in USD, millions ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 7,956.4 11,158.1 7,759.7 4,967.4 9,646.0 9,833.2 4,656.1 curren- % 29.5 36.1 27.4 18.4 30.7 38.5 22.7 cies ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 822.8 1,498.6 666.9 291.5 260.9 454.1 499.6 % 3.1 4.8 2.4 1.1 0.8 1.8 2.4 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 521.3 303.6 206.7 431.5 2507.6 393.7 219.4 % 1.9 1.0 0.7 1.6 7.98403 1.5 1.1 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- CS volume 267.4 131.2 671.8 329.1 336.504 334.2 103 % 1.0 0.4 2.4 1.2 1.0714 1.3 0.5 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 17,383.6 18,263.9 18,996.4 20,979.5 18,656.8 14,500.0 15,056.5 % 64.5 59.1 67.1 77.7 59.4 56.8 73.3 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 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 sory notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 26,951.4 31,355.3 28,301.5 26,999.0 31,407.8 25,515.2 20,534.7 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Estimation in KZT, billion ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 971.7 1,396.5 949.6 600.3 1,164.4 1,187.8 560.4 curren- % 29.5 35.6 27.4 18.4 30.7 38.4 22.7 cies ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 100.4 188.2 81.2 35.2 31.5 54.8 60.1 % 3.1 4.8 2.3 1.1 0.8 1.8 2.4 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 63.6 38.0 25.2 52.1 302.5 47.5 26.4 % 1.9 1.0 0.7 1.6 8.0 1.5 1.1 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- CS volume 32.9 16.4 81.9 39.8 40.6 40.4 12 % 1.0 0.4 2.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.5 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 2,121.6 2,282.5 2,324.2 2,535.0 2,251.8 1,760.2 1,812.5 % 64.5 58.2 67.1 77.7 59.4 57.0 73.3 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 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 sory notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 3,290.1 3,921.6 3,462.2 3,262.4 3,790.8 3,090.6 2,471.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to tables In sector of governmental securities (GS) are considered only deals of primary market and purchase-sale sector of secondary market. In the sector of corporate emission securities (CS - shares and corporate bonds) are considered only deals of primary market and purchase-sale sector of secondary market (including state shareholdings and signing, if such are available). KGS - Kazakhstan GS, FGS - foreign GS. [2008-02-11]