KASE (including STF RFCA) transactions turnover for initial 6 months of 2008 decreases by 19.8 % in relation to corresponding period of 2007

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, July 4, 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 $121,819.9 m. or KZT14,682.9 bn. for the first 6 months, 2008. The volume of transactions decreased by 19.8 % in dollar equivalent and 21.4 % tenge equivalent compared to the corresponding period in 2007. Relative to the previous six-month period (July-December 2007) the exchange turnover has decreased by 28.6% in dollar equivalent and by 29.5% in tenge equivalent. The following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January-June 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-June Jan-June ---------------- July-Dec ------------------- sector 2008 2007 m. USD % 2007 m. USD % ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- Foreign 38,783.2 40,101.0 -1,317.8 -3.3 51,320.8 -12,537.6 currencies 31.8,% 26.4,% 30.1,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- Futures 0 0 0 X 0 0 contracts 0,% 0,% 0,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- Kazakhstan 3,073.0 4,071.0 -998.1 -24.5 3,994.7 -921.7 GS 2.5,% 2.7,% 2.3,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- Foreign 0 0.3 -0.3 -100.0 0 0 GS 0,% <0.1,% 0,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- Shares 1,805.1 4,560.0 -2,755.0 -60.4 4,364.4 -2,559.3 1.5,% 3.0,% 2.6,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- including 290.9 40.3 +250.6 +621.2 73.0 +217.9 STF RFCA 0.2,% <0.1,% <0.1,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- Corporate 1,205.6 2,232.3 -1,026.7 -46.0 2,070.2 -864.6 bonds 1.0,% 1.5,% 1.2,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- including STF 164.3 344.2 -179.9 -52.3 55.5 +108.8 RFCA 0.1,% 0.2,% <0.1,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- Repo (CS and 76,953.1 100,979.5 -24,026.4 -23.8 108,780.2 -31,827.1 GS) total 63.2,% 66.5,% 63.8,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- including 664.2 763.7 -99.5 -13.0 495.2 +169.1 repo on GS, nego 0.5,% 0.5,% 0.3,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- including 59,291.4 78,489.0 -19,197.6 -24.5 87,802.6 -28,511.2 auto- repo on GS 48.7,% 51.7,% 51.5,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- including 5,004.4 8,171.2 -3,166.8 -38.8 6,185.8 -1,181.4 repo on CS, nego 4.1,% 5.4,% 3.6,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- including 11,993.1 13,555.6 -1,562.5 -11.5 14,296.7 -2,303.6 autorepo on 9.8,% 8.9,% 8.4,% CS ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- IFO 0 0 0 X 0 0 bonds 0,% 0,% 0,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- Promissory 0 0.1 -0.124 -100.0 0 0 notes 0,% <0.1,% 0,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- TOTAL 121,819.9 151,944.2 -30,124.4 -19.8 170,530.2 -48,710.4 100,% 100,% 100,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ -------- --------- --------- including 455.3 384.6 +70.7 +18.4 128.6 +326.7 STF RFCA 0.4,% 0.3,% 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 XII-2007 I-2008 II-2008 III-2008 IV-2008 V-2008 VI-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 9,833.2 4,656.1 5,621.4 6,133.1 8,143.8 5,874.2 8,354.6 currencies % 38.5 22.7 32.1 33.9 34.5 31.6 35.6 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 454.1 499.6 501.7 546.9 705.5 339.0 480.2 % 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.0 1.8 2.0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 393.7 219.4 247.0 267.6 118.2 504.7 449.5 % 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.5 2.7 1.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 334.2 103.2 190.3 95.4 188.7 259.9 367.0 bonds % 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.6 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 14,500.0 15,056.5 10,959.8 11,053.4 14,440.4 11,615.7 13,827.3 % 56.8 73.3 62.6 61.1 61.2 62.5 58.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 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 25,515.2 20,534.7 17,520.1 18,096.4 23,596.5 18,593.5 23,478.6 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 1,187.8 560.4 676.6 740.0 981.2 708.3 1,008.6 currencies % 38.4 22.7 32.1 33.9 34.5 31.6 35.6 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 54.8 60.1 60.3 66.0 84.9 40.9 58.0 % 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.0 1.8 2.0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 47.5 26.4 29.7 32.3 14.2 60.9 54.3 % 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.5 2.7 1.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 40.4 12.4 22.9 11.5 22.7 31.3 44.3 bonds % 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.6 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 1,760.2 1,812.5 1,319.0 1,333.6 1,739.7 1,400.5 1,669.3 % 57.0 73.3 62.6 61.1 61.2 62.5 58.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 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 3,090.6 2,471.8 2,108.6 2,183.4 2,842.8 2,241.9 2,834.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [2008-07-04]