In February of 2008 volume of all transactions at KASE decreased by 14.7% to equivalent $17,520,1 m.

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, March 5, 08/ - In February of 2008 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) had decreased by14.7% relative to the previous month and totaled the equivalent of $17,520,1 m. In tenge terms, the decrease is estimated at 14.7% and the volume of operations at KZT2,108.6 bn. Relative to February 2007 - the volume of exchange operations decreased by 21.7% in dollar terms and by 24.5% in tenge terms in the reported month. Below is given the comparative table of indicators the turnover on KASE in February and March 2008 (GS - government issued securities, CS - corporate issued securities, STF RFCA - special trading floor of the regional financial center of Almaty city). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February -2008: January-2008: Trend: --------------- --------------- ------------------ Market sector volume % volume % volume % --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Evaluation in USD m. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Foreign currencies 5 621,4 32,1 4 656,1 22,7 +965,3 +20,7 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 501,7 2,9 499,6 2,4 +2,1 +0,4 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 247,0 1,4 219,4 1,1 +27,6 +12,6 including on STF RFCA 1,2 <0,1 0,1 <0,1 +1,1 +973,7 Corporate bonds* 190,3 1,1 103,2 0,5 +87,1 +84,4 including on STF RFCA 1,3 <0,1 0,1 <0,1 +1,2 +1 725,2 Repo (CS и GS) total 10 959,8 62,6 15 056,5 73,3 -4 096,8 -27,2 including direct repo on GS 120,7 0,7 108,9 0,5 +11,8 +10,8 including autorepo on GS 8 010,4 45,7 11 553,3 56,3 -3 542,9 -30,7 including direct repo on CS 697,5 4,0 957,7 4,7 -260,2 -27,2 including autorepo on CS 2 131,2 12,2 2 436,6 11,9 -305,4 -12,5 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Total 17 520,1 100,0 20 534,7 100,0 -3 014,6 -14,7 including on STF RFCA 2,6 0,01 0,2 <0,1 +2,4 +1 260,2 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Evaluation in tenge bn. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Foreign currencies 676,6 32,1 560,4 22,7 +116,2 +20,7 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 60,3 2,9 60,1 2,4 +0,3 +0,4 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 29,7 1,4 26,4 1,1 +3,3 +12,6 including on STF RFCA 0,1 <0,1 <0,1 <0,1 +0,1 +974,7 Corporate bonds* 22,9 1,1 12,4 0,5 +10,5 +84,5 including on STF RFCA 0,2 <0,1 <0,1 <0,1 +0,1 +1 725,3 Repo (CS и GS) total 1 319,0 62,6 1 812,5 73,3 -493,5 -27,2 including direct repo on GS 14,5 0,7 13,1 0,5 +1,4 +10,9 including autorepo on GS 964,0 45,7 1 390,9 56,3 -426,9 -30,7 including direct repo on CS 84,0 4,0 115,3 4,7 -31,3 -27,1 including autorepo on CS 256,5 12,2 293,2 11,9 -36,8 -12,5 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Total 2 108,6 100,0 2 471,8 100,0 -363,2 -14,7 including on STF RFCA 0,3 0,01 <0,1 <0,1 +0,3 +1 261,1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Only deals on the primary market and of purchase and sale on the secondary market [2008-03-05]