Volume of transactions on KASE, including STF RFCA increased by 26.3% to USD23,478.6 m. in June, 2008

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, July 4, 08/ - In June of 2008 the total volume of transactions made on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in dollar terms increased by 26.3% relative to the previous month and totaled an equivalent of $23,478.6 m. In tenge, the growth is estimated at 26.4% and the volume of exchange operations at KZT2,834.4 bn. The volume of exchange operations decreased by 33.7% in dollar and 34.4% in tenge terms relative to June, 2007 Below is the comparative table of indicators of the turnover and its structure on KASE in June and May 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 June and May 2008 года ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June-2008: May -2008: Trend: --------------- --------------- ------------------ Market sector volume % volume % volume % --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Evaluation in USD m. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Foreign currencies 8,354.6 35.6 5,874.2 31.6 +2,480.4 +42.2 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 480.2 2.0 339.0 1.8 +141.2 +41.6 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 449.5 1.9 504.7 2.7 -55.2 -10.9 including on STF RFCA 117.1 0.5 8.6 <0.1 +108.4 +1,256.3 Corporate bonds* 367.0 1.6 259.9 1.4 +107.1 +41.2 including on STF RFCA 1.2 <0.1 156.1 0.8 -155.0 -99.3 Repo (CS и GS) total 13,827.3 58.9 11,615.7 62.5 +2,211.6 +19.0 including direct repo on GS 95.2 0.4 94.0 0.5 +1.2 +1.3 including autorepo on GS 10,716.7 45.6 9,143.1 49.2 +1,573.7 +17.2 including direct repo on CS 1,167.7 5.0 858.0 4.6 +309.7 +36.1 including autorepo on CS 1,847.7 7.9 1,520.7 8.2 +327.1 +21.5 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Total 23,478.6 100.0 18,593.5 100.0 +4,885.1 +26.3 including on STF RFCA 118.2 0.5 164.8 0.9 -46.5 -28.2 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Evaluation in tenge bn. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Foreign currencies 1,008.6 35.6 708.3 31.6 +300.2 +42.4 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 58.0 2.0 40.9 1.8 +17.1 +41.9 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 54.3 1.9 60.9 2.7 -6.6 -10.9 including on STF RFCA 14.1 0.5 1.04 <0.1 +13.1 +1,256.1 Corporate bonds* 44.3 1.6 31.3 1.4 +13.0 +41.4 including on STF RFCA 0.1 <0.1 18.8 0.8 -18.7 -99.3 Repo (CS и GS) total 1,669.3 58.9 1,400.5 62.5 +268.8 +19.2 including direct repo on GS 11.5 0.4 11.3 0.5 +0.2 +1.4 including autorepo on GS 1,293.7 45.6 1,102.4 49.2 +191.3 +17.4 including direct repo on CS 141.1 5.0 103.4 4.6 +37.7 +36.4 including autorepo on CS 223.0 7.9 183.3 8.2 +39.7 +21.7 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Total 2,834.4 100.0 2,241.9 100.0 +592.5 +26.4 including on STF RFCA 14.3 0.5 19.9 0.9 -5.6 -28.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Only deals on the primary market and purchase and sale deals on the secondary market are considered. [2008-07-04]