Volume of transactions on KASE, including STF RFCA increased by 23.0% to USD28,876.9 m. in July, 2008

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, August 6, 08/ - In July of 2008 the total volume of transactions made on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in dollar terms increased by 23.0% relative to the previous month and totaled an equivalent of $28,876.9 m. In tenge, the growth is estimated at 22.5% and the volume of exchange operations at KZT3,473.5 bn. The volume of exchange operations increased by 7.1% in dollar and 5.6% in tenge terms relative to July, 2007 Below is the comparative table of indicators of the turnover and its structure on KASE in July and June 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 July and June 2008 года ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- July-2008: June -2008: Trend: Market sector --------------- --------------- ------------------- Evaluation in USD m. volume % volume % volume % ----------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------- Foreign currencies 9,483.9 32.8 8,354.6 35.6 +1,129.3 +13.5 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 333.6 1.2 480.2 2.0 -146.6 -30.5 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 171.6 0.6 449.5 1.9 -277.9 -61.8 including on STF RFCA 0.5 <0.1 117.1 0.5 -116.6 -99.6 Corporate bonds* 532.0 1.8 367.0 1.6 +165.1 +45.0 including on STF RFCA 273.9 0.9 1.2 <0.1 +272.8 +23,704.5 Repo (CS и GS) total 18,355.8 63.6 13,827.3 58.9 +4,528.5 +32.8 including direct repo on GS 142.9 0.5 95.2 0.4 +47.8 +50.2 including autorepo on GS 15,114.2 52.3 10,716.7 45.6 +4,397.5 +41.0 including direct repo on CS 943.1 3.3 1,167.7 5.0 -224.5 -19.2 including autorepo on CS 2,155.5 7.5 1,847.7 7.9 +307.8 +16.7 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------- Total 28,876.9 100.0 23,478.6 100.0 +5,398.3 +23.0 including on STF RFCA 274.4 1.0 118.2 0.5 +156.2 -132.1 ----------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------- Evaluation in tenge bn. ----------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------- Foreign currencies 1,141.3 32.9 1,008.6 35.6 +132.7 +13.2 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 40.1 1.2 58.0 2.0 -17.9 -30.8 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 20.7 0.6 54.3 1.9 -33.6 -61.9 including on STF RFCA 0.1 <0.1 14.1 0.5 -14.1 -99.6 Corporate bonds* 63.9 1.8 44.3 1.6 +19.7 +44.4 including on STF RFCA 32.9 0.9 0.1 <0.1 +32.8 +23,589.7 Repo (CS и GS) total 2,207.5 63.6 1,669.3 58.9 +538.2 +32.2 including direct repo on GS 17.2 0.5 11.5 0.4 +5.7 +49.6 including autorepo on GS 1,817.6 52.3 1,293.7 45.6 +523.9 +40.5 including direct repo on CS 113.4 3.3 141.1 5.0 -27.7 -19.6 including autorepo on CS 259.3 7.5 223.0 7.9 +36.2 +16.2 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------- Total 3,473.5 100.0 2,834.4 100.0 +639.1 +22.5 including on STF RFCA 33.0 0.9 14.3 0.5 +18.7 +131.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Only deals on the primary market and purchase and sale deals on the secondary market are considered. [2008-08-06]