For the first 2 months of 2008 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA, decreased by 16.8% relative to corresponding period of 2007

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, March 6, 08 / - For the first 2 months of 2008 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 $38,054.8 m. or KZT4,580.4 bn. Compared to corresponding period of 2007 volume of transactions decreased by 16.8% measured in dollars and by 20.0% measured in tenge. Relative to the previous two-month period (November - December 2007) exchange turnover has decreased by 33.1% in dollar and by 33.4% in tenge equivalent. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January - February 2008,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 Jan-Feb ------------------------ --------------------------- trend in: trend in: market 2007 Jan-Feb --------------- Nov-Dec ------------------ sector 2006 m. USD % 2006 m. USD % -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- Fo 10,277.5 11,202.8 -925.3 -8.3 19,479.2 -9,201.7 -47.2 reign Curren 27.0,% 24.5,% 34.2,% cies -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- Futures 0 0 0 X 0 0 X contracts 0,% 0,% 0% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- Kazak 1,001.3 1,055.0 -53.8 -5.1 715.0 +286.3 +40.0 hstan GS 2.6,% 2.3,% 1.3,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- Foreign 0 0 0 X 0 0 X GS 0,% 0,% 0,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- Shares 466.3 419.5 +46.8 +11.2 2,901.3 -2,435.0 -83.9 1.2,% 0.9,% 5.1,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- including 1.4 0 +1.4 X 16.6 -15.2 -91.8 STF RFCA <0.1,% 0,% , , <0.1,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- Corp 293.5 564.9 -271.4 -48.1 670.7 -377.2 -56.2 orate bonds 0.8,% 1.2,% 1.2,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- including STF 1.4 0.4 +1.0 +240.2 0.1 +1.3 +2,492.3 RFCA <0.1,% <0.1,% <0.1,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- Repo 26,016.3 32,500.5 -6,484.2 -20.0 33,156.8 -7,140.5 -21.5 (CS and GS) total 68.4,% 71.0,% 58.2,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- Include 229.6 426.5 -196.9 -46.2 126.2 +103.4 +81.9 ing repo on GS, nego 0.6,% 0.9,% 0.2,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- Inclu 19,563.6 26,433.5 -6,869.8 -26.0 25,664.7 -6,101.0 -23.8 ding auto- repo on GS 51.4,% 57.8,% 45.1,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- Inclu 1,655.3 1,665.8 -10.5 -0.6 1,865.0 -209.7 -11.2 ding repo on CS, nego 4.3,% 3.6,% 3.3,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- including 4,567.8 3,974.7 +593.1 +14.9 5,501.0 -933.2 -17.0 autorepo on CS 12.0,% 8.7,% 9.7,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- IFO 0 0 0 X 0 0 X bonds 0% 0% 0,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- Promis 0 0.1 -0.124 -100.0 0 0 X sory notes 0,% <0.1,% 0,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- TOTAL 38,054.8 45,743.2 -7,688.4 -16.8 56,923.0 -18,868.2 -33.1 100,% 100,% 100,% -------------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -------- --------- -------- including 2.7 0.1 -37.6 -93.2 16.6 -13.9 -83.5 STF RFCA <0.1,% <0.1,% <0.1,% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 VIII-2007 IX-2007 X-2007 XI-2007 XII-2007 I-2008 II-2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evaluation m. USD ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Fo volume 11,158.1 7,759.7 4,967.4 9,646.0 9,833.2 4,656.1 5,621.4 reign curren % 36.1 27.4 18.4 30.7 38.5 22.7 32.1 cies ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 1,498.6 666.9 291.5 260.9 454.1 499.6 501.7 % 4.8 2.4 1.1 0.8 1.8 2.4 2.9 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 303.6 206.722 431.5 2,507.6 393.7 219.4 247.0 % 1.0 0.73043 1.6 8.0 1.5 1.1 1.4 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corpo volume 131.2 671.786 329.1 337.0 334.2 103.2 190.3 rate bonds % 0.4 2.37367 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.1 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 18,263.9 18,996.4 20,979.5 18,656.8 14,500.0 15,056.5 10,959.8 % 59.1 67.1 77.7 59.4 56.8 73.3 62.6 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 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 31,355.3 28,301.5 26,999.0 31,407.8 25,515.2 20,534.7 17,520.1 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Evaluation bn. tenge ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 1,396.5 949.6 600.3 1,164.4 1,187.8 560.4 676.6 curren % 35.6 27.4 18.4 30.7 38.4 22.7 32.1 cies ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 188.2 81.2 35.2 31.5 54.8 60.1 60.3 % 4.8 2.3 1.1 0.8 1.8 2.4 2.9 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 38.0 25.2 52.1 302.5 47.5 26.4 29.7 % 1.0 0.7 1.6 8.0 1.5 1.1 1.4 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corpo volume 16.4 81.9 39.8 41.0 40.4 12.4 22.9 rate bonds % 0.4 2.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.1 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 2,282.5 2,324.2 2,535.0 2,251.8 1,760.2 1,812.5 1,319.0 % 58.2 67.1 77.7 59.4 57.0 73.3 62.6 ------- ------ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 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 3,921.6 3,462.2 3,262.4 3,790.8 3,090.6 2,471.8 2,108.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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