In March of 2008 volume of all transactions at KASE increased by 3.3% to equivalent $18,096.4 m.

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, April 4, 08/ - In March of 2008 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) had increased by 3.3% relative to the previous month and totaled the equivalent of $18,096.4 m. In tenge terms, the growth is estimated at 3.5% and the volume of operations at KZT2,183.4 bn. Relative to March 2007 - the volume of exchange operations decreased by 14.1% in dollar terms and by 16.5% 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). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March -2008: February-2008: Trend: --------------- --------------- ----------------- Market sector volume % volume % volume % --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- ------ --------- Evaluation in USD m. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- ------ --------- Foreign currencies 6,133.1 33.9 5,621.4 32.1 +511.7 +9.1 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 546.9 3.0 501.7 2.9 +45.2 +9.0 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 267.6 1.5 247.0 1.4 +20.9 +8.5 including on STF RFCA 165.2 0.9 1.2 <0.1 +164.0 +13,162.1 Corporate bonds* 95.4 0.5 190.3 1.1 -95.1 -50.0 including on STF RFCA 1.2 <0.1 1.3 <0.1 -0.1 -6.0 Repo (CS и GS) total 11,053.4 61.1 10,959.8 62.6 +93.7 +0.9 including direct repo on GS 106.8 0.6 120.7 0.7 -13.9 -11.5 including autorepo on GS 8,206.0 45.3 8,010.4 45.7 +195.7 +2.4 including direct repo on CS 562.0 3.1 697.5 4.0 -135.5 -19.4 including autorepo on CS 2,178.6 12.0 2,131.2 12.2 +47.4 +2.2 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- ------ --------- Total 18,096.4 100.0 17,520.1 100.0 +576.3 +3.3 including on STF RFCA 166.5 0.9 2.6 0.01 +163.9 +6,424.7 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- ------ --------- Evaluation in tenge bn. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- ------ --------- Foreign currencies 740.0 33.9 676.6 32.1 +63.4 +9.4 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 66.0 3.0 60.3 2.9 +5.7 +9.4 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 32.3 1.5 29.7 1.4 +2.6 +8.6 including on STF RFCA 19.9 0.9 0.1 <0.1 +19.8 +13,175.7 Corporate bonds* 11.5 0.5 22.9 1.1 -11.4 -49.9 including on STF RFCA 0.1 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 -0.01 -5.7 Repo (CS и GS) total 1,333.6 61.1 1,319.0 62.6 +14.6 +1.1 including direct repo on GS 12.9 0.6 14.5 0.7 -1.6 -11.3 including autorepo on GS 990.0 45.3 964.0 45.7 +26.0 +2.7 including direct repo on CS 67.8 3.1 84.0 4.0 -16.2 -19.3 including autorepo on CS 262.9 12.0 256.5 12.2 +6.4 +2.5 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- ------ --------- Total 2,183.4 100.0 2,108.6 100.0 +74.8 +3.5 including on STF RFCA 20.1 0.01 0.3 0.01 +19.7 +6,431.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Only deals on the primary market and of purchase and sale on the secondary market [2008-04-04]