KASE (including STF RFCA) transactions turnover for initial 5 months of 2008 decreases by 15.6 % in relation to corresponding period of 2007

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, June 5, 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 $98,341.2 m. or KZT11,848.5 bn. for the first 5 months, 2008. The volume of transactions decreased by 15.6 % in dollar equivalent and 17.5 % tenge equivalent compared to the corresponding period in 2007. Relative to the previous five-month period (August-December 2007) the exchange turnover has decreased by 31.5% in dollar equivalent and by 32.4% in tenge equivalent. The following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January-May 2008,as well as the dynamics of the turnover structure of the Exchange market (in millions USD, unless otherwise specified). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To corresp. period of 2007: To previous period: --------------------------- -------------------------- KASE trend in: trend in: market Jan-May Jan-May ----------------- Aug-Dec ---------------- sector 2008 2007 m. USD % 2007 m. USD % ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ Foreign 30,428.5 29,782.4 +646.1 +2.2 43,364.4 -12,935.9 -29.8 currencies 30.9,% 25.6,% 30.2,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 X 0 0 X contracts 0,% 0,% 0,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan 2,592.8 3,290.5 -697.7 -21.2 3,171.9 -579.1 +18.3 GS 2.6,% 2.8,% 2.2,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ Foreign 0 0.3 -0.3 -100.0 0 0 X GS 0,% <0.1,% 0,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ Shares 1,355.6 1,629.0 -273.4 -16.8 3,843.1 -2,487.6 -64.7 1.4,% 1.4,% 2.7,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ including 173.8 40.1 +133.7 +333.1 72.7 +101.1 +139.1 STF RFCA 0.2,% <0.1,% <0.1,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ Corporate 838.6 1,635.1 -796.5 -48.7 1,802.8 -964.2 -53.5 bonds 0.9,% 1.4,% 1.3,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ including STF 163.2 0.5 +162.7 +33,274 55.3 +107.9 +195.1 RFCA 0.2,% <0.1,% <0.1,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 63,125.8 80,196.1 -17,070.3 -21.3 91,396.6 -28,270.8 -30.9 GS) total 64.2,% 68.8,% 63.7,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ including 569.0 567.3 +1.8 +0.3 253.0 +316.0 +124.9 repo on GS, nego 0.6,% 0.5,% 0.2,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ including 48,574.7 62,755.7 -14,181.0 -22.6 73,469.1 -24,894.4 -33.9 auto- repo on GS 49.4,% 53.9,% 51.2,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ including 3,836.7 5,025.6 -1,188.9 -23.7 5,337.1 -1,500.3 -28.1 repo on CS, nego 3.9,% 4.3,% 3.7,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ including 10,145.3 11,847.6 -1,702.2 -14.4 12,337.4 -2,192.0 -17.8 autorepo on 10.3,% 10.2,% 8.6,% CS ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ 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 98,341.2 116,534.0 -18,192.8 -15.6 143,578.8 -45,237.6 -31.5 100,% 100,% 100,% ------------- -------- --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------ including 337.0 40.6 +296.4 +729.6 128.0 +209.0 +163.3 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 XI-2007 XII-2007 I-2008 II-2008 III-2008 IV-2008 V-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 9,646.0 9,833.2 4,656.1 5,621.4 6,133.1 8,143.8 5,874.2 currencies % 30.7 38.5 22.7 32.1 33.9 34.5 31.6 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 260.9 454.1 499.6 501.7 546.9 705.5 339.0 % 0.8 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.0 1.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 2,507.6 393.7 219.4 247.0 267.6 118.2 504.7 % 8.0 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.5 2.7 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 337.0 334.2 103.2 190.3 95.4 188.7 259.9 bonds % 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.4 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 18,656.8 14,500.0 15,056.5 10,959.8 11,053.4 14,440.4 11,615.7 % 59.4 56.8 73.3 62.6 61.1 61.2 62.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promi- volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ssory notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 31,407.8 25,515.2 20,534.7 17,520.1 18,096.4 23,596.5 18,593.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 1,164.4 1,187.8 560.4 676.6 740.0 981.2 708.3 currencies % 30.7 38.4 22.7 32.1 33.9 34.5 31.6 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 31.5 54.8 60.1 60.3 66.0 84.9 40.9 % 0.8 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.0 1.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 302.5 47.5 26.4 29.7 32.3 14.2 60.9 % 8.0 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.5 2.7 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 41.0 40.4 12.4 22.9 11.5 22.7 31.3 bonds % 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.4 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 2,251.8 1,760.2 1,812.5 1,319.0 1,333.6 1,739.7 1,400.5 % 59.4 57.0 73.3 62.6 61.1 61.2 62.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promi- volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ssory notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 3,790.8 3,090.6 2,471.8 2,108.6 2,183.4 2,842.8 2,241.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [2008-06-05]