KASE (including STF RFCA) transactions turnover for initial 4 months of 2008 decreases by 13.0 % in relation to corresponding period of 2007

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, May 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 $79,747.8 m. or KZT9,606.6 bn. for the first 4 months, 2008. The volume of transactions decreased by 13.0 % in dollar equivalent and 15.6 % tenge equivalent compared to the corresponding period in 2007. Relative to the previous four-month period (September-December 2007) the exchange turnover has decreased by 28.9% in dollar equivalent and by 29.4% in tenge equivalent. The following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January-April 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. period of 2007: To previous period: --------------------------- -------------------------- KASE trend in: trend in: market Jan-Apr Jan-Apr ------------------ Sent-Dec ---------------- sector 2008 2007 m. USD % 2007 m. USD % --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ Foreign 24,554.3 22,652.2 +1,902.2 +8.4 32,206.4 -7,652.0 -23.8 currencies 30.8,% 24.7,% 28.7,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 X 0 0 X contracts 0,% 0,% 0,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan 2,253.7 2,615.1 -361.4 -13.8 1,673.3 +580.4 +34.7 GS 2.8,% 2.9,% 1.5,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ Foreign 0 0.3 -0.3 -100.0 0 0 X GS 0,% <0.1,% 0,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ Shares 850.9 1,142.0 -291.1 -25.5 3,539.6 -2,688.7 -76.0 1.1,% 1.2,% 3.2,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ including 165.2 39.9 +125.3 +313.9 71.4 +93.8 +131.4 STF RFCA 0.2,% <0.1,% , , <0.1,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ Corporate 578.7 1,346.5 -767.8 -57.0 1,671.6 -1,092.8 -65.4 bonds 0.7,% 1.5,% 1.5,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ including STF 7.1 0.4 +6.7 +1,645.1 55.2 -48.1 -87.2 RFCA <0.1,% <0.1,% <0.1,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 51,510.1 63,954.5 -12,444.4 -19.5 73,132.7 -21,622.6 -29.6 GS) total 64.6,% 69.7,% 65.2,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ including repo 475.1 550.4 -75.3 -13.7 201.5 +273.6 +135.8 on GS, nego 0.6,% 0.6,% 0.2,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ including auto- 39,431.6 49,821.6 -10,389.9 -20.9 58,037.8 -18,606.2 -32.1 repo on GS 49.4,% 54.3,% 51.7,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ including repo 2,978.8 3,795.0 -816.2 -21.5 4,286.4 -1,307.6 -30.5 on CS, nego 3.7,% 4.1,% 3.8,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ including 8,624.6 9,787.5 -1,162.9 -11.9 10,607.0 -1,982.4 -18.7 autorepo on CS 10.8,% 10.7,% 9.5,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ 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 79,747.8 91,711.1 -11,963.3 -13.0 112,223.5 -32,475.7 -28.9 100,% 100,% 100,% --------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------ including 172.3 40.3 +132.0 +327.2 126.6 +45.7 +36.1 STF RFCA 0.2,% <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 X-2007 XI-2007 XII-2007 I-2008 II-2008 III-2008 IV-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mln. USD ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 4,967.4 9,646.0 9,833.2 4,656.1 5,621.4 6,133.1 8,143.8 currencies % 18.4 30.7 38.5 22.7 32.1 33.9 34.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 291.5 260.9 454.1 499.6 501.7 546.9 705.5 % 1.1 0.8 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 431.5 2,507.6 393.7 219.4 247.0 267.6 118.2 % 1.6 8.0 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 329.1 337.0 334.2 103.2 190.3 95.4 188.7 bonds % 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 20,979.5 18,656.8 14,500.0 15,056.5 10,959.8 11,053.4 14,440.4 % 77.7 59.4 56.8 73.3 62.6 61.1 61.2 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 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 26,999.0 31,407.8 25,515.2 20,534.7 17,520.1 18,096.4 23,596.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 600.3 1,164.4 1,187.8 560.4 676.6 740.0 981.2 currencies % 18.4 30.7 38.4 22.7 32.1 33.9 34.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 35.2 31.5 54.8 60.1 60.3 66.0 84.9 % 1.1 0.8 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 52.1 302.5 47.5 26.4 29.7 32.3 14.2 % 1.6 8.0 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 39.8 41.0 40.4 12.4 22.9 11.5 22.7 bonds % 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 2,535.0 2,251.8 1,760.2 1,812.5 1,319.0 1,333.6 1,739.7 % 77.7 59.4 57.0 73.3 62.6 61.1 61.2 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 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 3,262.4 3,790.8 3,090.6 2,471.8 2,108.6 2,183.4 2,842.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [2008-05-08]