Volume of transactions on KASE, including STF RFCA decreased by 21.2% to USD18,593.5 m. in May, 2008

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, June 5, 08/ - In May of 2008 the total volume of transactions made on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in dollar terms decreased by 21.2% relative to the previous month and totaled an equivalent of $18,593.5 m. In tenge, the fall is estimated at 21.1% and the volume of exchange operations at KZT2,241.9 bn. The volume of exchange operations decreased by 25.1% in dollar and 24.9% in tenge terms relative to May, 2007 Below is the comparative table of indicators of the turnover and its structure on KASE in May and April 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 May and April 2008 года ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- May-2008: April -2008: Trend: -------------- -------------- ------------------ Market sector volume % volume % volume % --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------- Evaluation in USD m. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------- Foreign currencies 5,874.2 31.6 8,143.8 34.5 -2,269.6 -27.9 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 339.0 1.8 705.5 3.0 -366.5 -51.9 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 504.7 2.7 118.2 0.5 +386.5 +327.1 including on STF RFCA 8.6 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 +8.6 +16,742.4 Corporate bonds* 259.9 1.4 188.7 0.8 +71.2 +37.7 including on STF RFCA 156.1 0.8 3.0 <0.1 +153.1 +5,054.8 Repo (CS и GS) total 11,615.7 62.5 14,440.4 61.2 -2,824.7 -19.6 including direct repo on GS 94.0 0.5 138.7 0.6 -44.7 -32.2 including autorepo on GS 9,143.1 49.2 11,662.0 49.4 -2,518.9 -21.6 including direct repo on CS 858.0 4.6 761.5 3.2 +96.5 +12.7 including autorepo on CS 1,520.7 8.2 1,878.3 8.0 -357.6 -19.0 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------- Total 18,593.5 100.0 23,596.5 100.0 -5,003.1 -21.2 including on STF RFCA 164.8 0.9 3.1 <0.1 +161.7 +5,249.3 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------- Evaluation in tenge bn. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------- Foreign currencies 708.3 31.6 981.2 34.5 -272.9 -27.8 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 40.9 1.8 84.9 3.0 -44.1 -51.9 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 60.9 2.7 14.2 0.5 +46.6 +327.4 including on STF RFCA 1.04 <0.1 0.01 <0.1 +1.0 +16,799.3 Corporate bonds* 31.3 1.4 22.7 0.8 +8.6 +37.9 including on STF RFCA 18.8 0.8 0.4 <0.1 +18.5 +5,058.3 Repo (CS и GS) total 1,400.5 62.5 1,739.7 61.2 -339.2 -19.5 including direct repo on GS 11.3 0.5 16.7 0.6 -5.4 -32.2 including autorepo on GS 1,102.4 49.2 1,405.0 49.4 -302.6 -21.5 including direct repo on CS 103.4 4.6 91.7 3.2 +11.7 +12.7 including autorepo on CS 183.3 8.2 226.3 8.0 -43.0 -19.0 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------- Total 2,241.9 100.0 2,842.8 100.0 -600.9 -21.1 including on STF RFCA 19.9 0.9 0.4 0.01 +19.5 +5,253.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Only deals on the primary market and purchase and sale deals on the secondary market are considered. [2008-06-05]