KASE (including STF RFCA) transactions turnover for initial 7 months of 2008 decreases by 15.8 % in relation to corresponding period of 2007

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, August 6, 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 $150,697.3 m. or KZT18,156.4 bn. for the first 7 months, 2008. The volume of transactions decreased by 15.8 % in dollar equivalent and 17.4 % tenge equivalent compared to the corresponding period in 2007. Relative to the previous seven-month period (June-December 2007) the exchange turnover has decreased by 26.8% in dollar equivalent and by 27.8% in tenge equivalent. The following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January-July 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-July Jan-July ----------------- June-Dec ---------------- sector 2008 2007 m. USD % 2007 m. USD % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Foreign 48,267.1 48,057.3 +209.7 +0.4 61,639.3 -13,372.3 -21.7 currencies 32.0 % 26.9 % 29.9 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 X 0 0 X contracts 0 % 0 % 0 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan 3,406.5 4,893.8 -1,487.3 -30.4 4,775.2 -1,368.7 -28.7 GS 2.3 % 2.7 % 2.3 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Foreign 0 0.3 -0.3 -100.0 0 0 X GS 0 % <0.1 % 0 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Shares 1,976.6 5,081.3 -3,104.6 -61.1 7,295.4 -5,318.8 -72.9 1.3 % 2.8 % 3.5 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including 291.4 40.7 +250.8 +616.7 73.2 +218.2 +297.9 STF RFCA 0.2 % <0.1 % <0.1 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Corporate 1,737.6 2,499.7 -762.1 -30.5 2,667.4 -929.8 -34.9 bonds 1.2 % 1.4 % 1.3 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including STF 438.2 344.5 +93.8 +27.2 399.3 +39.0 +9.8 RFCA 0.3 % 0.2 % 0.2 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 95,309.4 118,363. -23,053.7 -19.5 129,563.6 -34,254.1 -26.4 1 GS) total 63.2 % 66.2 % 62.9 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including repo 807.1 1 005.9 -198.7 -19.8 691.6 +115.5 +16.7 on GS, nego 0.5 % 0.6 % 0.3 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including auto- 74,405.7 92,822.5 -18,416.9 -19.8 103,536.0 -29,130.3 -28.1 repo on GS 49.4 % 51.9 % 50.3 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including repo 5,948.0 9,019.9 -3,071.8 -34.1 9,331.3 -3,383.3 -36.3 on CS, nego 3.9 % 5.0 % 4.5 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including 14,148.6 15,514.9 -1,366.3 -8.8 16,004.7 -1,856.1 -11.6 autorepo on CS 9.4 % 8.7 % 7.8 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ 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 150,697. 178,895. 3 6 -28,198.4 -15.8 205,940.9 -55,243.7 -26.8 100 % 100 % 100 % ------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including 729.7 385.1 +344.5 +89.5 472.5 +257.2 +54.4 STF RFCA 0.5 % 0.2 % 0.2 % ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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- 2008 sector cator I II III IV V VI VII -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 4,656.1 5,621.4 6,133.1 8,143.8 5,874.2 8,354.6 9,483.9 currencies % 22.7 32.1 33.9 34.5 31.6 35.6 32.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 499.6 501.7 546.9 705.5 339.0 480.2 333.6 % 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.0 1.8 2.0 1.2 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 219.4 247.0 267.6 118.2 504.7 449.5 171.6 % 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.5 2.7 1.9 0.6 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 103.2 190.3 95.4 188.7 259.9 367.0 532.0 bonds % 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.6 1.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 15,056.5 10,959.8 11,053.4 14,440.4 11,615.7 13,827.3 18,355.8 % 73.3 62.6 61.1 61.2 62.5 58.9 63.6 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promi- volume ssory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 20,534.7 17,520.1 18,096.4 23,596.5 18,593.5 23,478.6 28,876.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 560.4 676.6 740.0 981.2 708.3 1,008.6 1,141.3 currencies % 22.7 32.1 33.9 34.5 31.6 35.6 32.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 60.1 60.3 66.0 84.9 40.9 58.0 40.1 % 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.0 1.8 2.0 1.2 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 26.4 29.7 32.3 14.2 60.9 54.3 20.7 % 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.5 2.7 1.9 0.6 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 12.4 22.9 11.5 22.7 31.3 44.3 63.9 bonds % 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.6 1.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 1,812.5 1,319.0 1,333.6 1,739.7 1,400.5 1,669.3 2,207.5 % 73.3 62.6 61.1 61.2 62.5 58.9 63.6 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promi- volume ssory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 2,471.8 2,108.6 2,183.4 2,842.8 2,241.9 2,834.4 3,473.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [2008-08-06]