Volume of transactions on KASE, including STF RFCA increased by 30.4% to USD23,596.5 m. in April, 2008

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, May 7, 08/ - In April of 2008 the total volume of transactions made on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in dollar terms increased by 30.4% relative to the previous month and totaled an equivalent of $23,596.5 m. In tenge, the growth is estimated at 30.2% and the volume of exchange operations at KZT2,842.8 bn. The volume of exchange operations decreased by 5.2% in dollar and 6.4% in tenge terms relative to April, 2007 Below is the comparative table of indicators of the turnover and its structure on KASE in April and March 2008 (GS - government issued securities, CS - corporate issued securities, STF RFCA - special trading floor of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty). Comparative data on turnover on KASE and its structure for April and March 2008 year ------------------------------------------------------------------------- April -2008: March-2008: Trend: -------------- -------------- --------------- Market sector volume % volume % volume % --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Evaluation in USD m. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Foreign currencies 8,143.8 34.5 6,133.1 33.9 +2,010.7 +32.8 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 705.5 3.0 546.9 3.0 +158.6 +29.0 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 118.2 0.5 267.6 1.5 -149.5 -55.8 including on STF RFCA 0.1 <0.1 165.0 0.9 -165.0 -100.0 Corporate bonds* 188.7 0.8 95.4 0.5 +93.3 +97.8 including on STF RFCA 3.0 <0.1 1.4 <0.1 +1.6 +110.8 Repo (CS и GS) total 14,440.4 61.2 11,053.4 61.1 +3,386.9 +30.6 including direct repo on GS 138.7 0.6 106.8 0.6 +31.8 +29.8 including autorepo on GS 11,662.0 49.4 8,206.0 45.3 +3,456.0 +42.1 including direct repo on CS 761.5 3.2 562.0 3.1 +199.5 +35.5 including autorepo on CS 1,878.3 8.0 2,178.6 12.0 -300.3 -13.8 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Total 23,596.5 100.0 18,096.4 100.0 +5,500.1 +30.4 including on STF RFCA 3.1 <0.1 166.5 0.9 -163.4 -98.1 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Evaluation in tenge bn. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Foreign currencies 981.2 34.5 740.0 33.9 +241.2 +32.6 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 84.9 3.0 66.0 3.0 +18.9 +28.7 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 14.2 0.5 32.3 1.5 -18.0 -55.9 including on STF RFCA 0.01 <0.1 19.9 0.9 -19.9 -100.0 Corporate bonds* 22.7 0.8 11.5 0.5 +11.2 +97.6 including on STF RFCA 0.4 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 +0.2 +110.5 Repo (CS и GS) total 1,739.7 61.2 1,333.6 61.1 +406.1 +30.5 including direct repo on GS 16.7 0.6 12.9 0.6 +3.8 +29.6 including autorepo on GS 1,405.0 49.4 990.0 45.3 +415.0 +41.9 including direct repo on CS 91.7 3.2 67.8 3.1 +23.9 +35.3 including autorepo on CS 226.3 8.0 262.9 12.0 -36.6 -13.9 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Total 2,842.8 100.0 2,183.4 100.0 +659.5 +30.2 including on STF RFCA 0.4 0.01 20.1 0.01 -19.7 -98.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Only deals on the primary market and purchase and sale deals on the secondary market are considered. [2008-05-07]