KASE (including STF RFCA) 1Q 2008 transactions turnover decreased by 16.0 % in relation to that of 1Q 2007

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, April 8, 08/ - The total volume of transactions on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all sectors of the market, including special trading floor of regional financial center of Almaty (STF RFCA) reached an equivalent of $56,151.2 m. or KZT6,763.7 bn. in 1Q 2008. The volume of transactions decreased by 16.0 % in dollar equivalent and 18.9 % tenge equivalent compared to the corresponding period in 2007. Relative to the previous three-month period (October-December 2007) the exchange turnover has decreased by 33.1% in dollar equivalent and by 33.3% in tenge equivalent. The following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January-March 2008,as well as the dynamics of the turnover structure of the Exchange market (in millions USD, unless otherwise specified). The calculations have been made in turnover dollar equivalent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To corresp. month of 2007: To previous month: -------------------------- ------------------------- KASE's trend in: trend in: market Jan-Mar Jan-Mar ---------------- Oct-Dec ---------------- sector 2008 2007 m. USD % 2007 m. USD % --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Foreign 16,410.5 16,755.7 -345.2 -2.1 24,446.6 -8,036.1 -32.3 currencies 29.2,% 25.1,% 29.1,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 X 0 0 X contracts 0,% 0,% 0% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan 1,548.2 1,987.1 -438.9 -22.1 1,006.5 +541.7 +53.8 GS 2.8,% 3.0,% 1.2,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Foreign 0 0 0 X 0 0 X GS 0,% 0,% 0,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Shares 732.7 793.5 -60.8 -7.7 3,332.8 -2,600.1 -78.0 1.3,% 1.2,% 4.0,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including 165.2 39.9 +125.3 +314.0 34.4 +130.7 +379.7 STF RFCA 0.3,% 0.1,% , , <0.1,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Corporate 390.1 1,098.7 -708.6 -64.6 999.8 -609.7 -61.1 bonds 0.7,% 1.6,% 1.2,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including STF 4.0 0.4 +3.6 +898.9 5.9 -1.8 -31.4 RFCA <0.1,% <0.1,% <0.1,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 37,069.7 46,180.2 -9,110.5 -19.7 54,136.3 -17,066.5 -31.5 GS) total 66.0,% 69.1,% 64.5,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including repo 336.4 494.1 -157.7 -31.9 163.6 +172.8 +105.6 on GS, nego 0.6,% 0.7,% 0.2,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including auto- 27,769.7 35,924.5 -8,154.9 -22.7 42,440.4 -14,670.7 -34.6 repo on GS 49.5,% 53.8,% 50.6,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including repo 2,217.3 2,773.7 -556.4 -20.1 2,915.9 -698.6 -24.0 on CS, nego 3.9,% 4.2,% 3.5,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including 6,746.4 6,987.9 -241.5 -3.5 8,616.3 -1,870.0 -21.7 autorepo on CS 12.0,% 10.5,% 10.3,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ IFO 0 0 0 X 0 0 X bonds 0% 0% 0,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Promissory 0 0.1 -0.124 -100.0 0 0 X notes 0,% <0.1,% 0,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ TOTAL 56,151.2 66,815.7 -10,664.5 -16.0 83,922.0 -27,770.8 -33.1 100,% 100,% 100,% --------------- -------- --------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ including 169.2 40.3 +128.9 +319.8 40.3 +128.9 +319.7 STF RFCA 0.3,% 0.1,% <0.1,% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The table, containing the dynamics of indicators of the 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 IX-2007 X-2007 XI-2007 XII-2007 I-2008 II-2008 III-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 7,759.7 4,967.4 9,646.0 9,833.2 4,656.1 5,621.4 6,133.1 currencies % 27.4 18.4 30.7 38.5 22.7 32.1 33.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 666.9 291.5 260.9 454.1 499.6 501.7 546.9 % 2.4 1.1 0.8 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 206.722 431.5 2,507.6 393.7 219.4 247.0 267.6 % 0.73043 1.6 8.0 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 671.786 329.1 337.0 334.2 103.2 190.3 95.4 bonds % 2.37367 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 18,996.4 20,979.5 18,656.8 14,500.0 15,056.5 10,959.8 11,053.4 % 67.1 77.7 59.4 56.8 73.3 62.6 61.1 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 28,301.5 26,999.0 31,407.8 25,515.2 20,534.7 17,520.1 18,096.4 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 949.6 600.3 1,164.4 1,187.8 560.4 676.6 740.0 currencies % 27.4 18.4 30.7 38.4 22.7 32.1 33.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 81.2 35.2 31.5 54.8 60.1 60.3 66.0 % 2.3 1.1 0.8 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 25.2 52.1 302.5 47.5 26.4 29.7 32.3 % 0.7 1.6 8.0 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 81.9 39.8 41.0 40.4 12.4 22.9 11.5 bonds % 2.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 2,324.2 2,535.0 2,251.8 1,760.2 1,812.5 1,319.0 1,333.6 % 67.1 77.7 59.4 57.0 73.3 62.6 61.1 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 3,462.2 3,262.4 3,790.8 3,090.6 2,471.8 2,108.6 2,183.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to the tables Only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale deals of the secondary market are accounted for in the GS sector. Only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale deals on the secondary market (including state owned shareholding and subscription, if there are such deals concluded) are accounted for in the sector of corporate serial securities (CS -shares and corporate bonds). KGS - Kazakhstan GS, FGS - foreign GS [2008-04-08]