Volume of transactions on KASE, including STF RFCA increased by 23.0 % to USD35,509.8 m. in August, 2008

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, September 8, 08/ - In August 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 $35,509.8 m. In tenge, the growth is estimated at 22.6 % and the volume of exchange operations at KZT4,259.3 bn. The volume of exchange operations increased by 13.2 % in dollar and 8.6 % in tenge terms relative to August, 2007 Below is the comparative table of indicators of the turnover and its structure on KASE in August and July 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 August and July 2008 year --------------------------------------------------------------------------- August-2008: July -2008: Trend: -------------- -------------- ----------------- Market sector volume % volume % volume % --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Evaluation in USD m. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Foreign currencies 12,392.7 34.9 9,483.9 32.8 +2,908.8 +30.7 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 704.8 2.0 333.6 1.2 +371.3 +111.3 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 632.4 1.8 171.6 0.6 +460.8 +268.6 including on STF RFCA 14.2 <0.1 0.5 <0.1 +13.7 +2,599.4 Corporate bonds* 164.3 0.5 532.0 1.8 -367.7 -69.1 including on STF RFCA 20.4 0.1 273.9 0.9 -253.5 -92.6 Repo (CS и GS) total 21,615.6 60.9 18,355.8 63.6 +3,259.7 +17.8 including direct repo on GS 115.8 0.3 142.9 0.5 -27.1 -19.0 including autorepo on GS 17,693.8 49.8 15,114.2 52.3 +2,579.5 +17.1 including direct repo on CS 1,014.2 2.9 943.1 3.3 +71.1 +7.5 including autorepo on CS 2,791.7 7.9 2,155.5 7.5 +632.2 +29.5 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Total 35,509.8 100.0 28,876.9 100.0 +6,632.9 +23.0 including on STF RFCA 34.5 0.1 274.4 1.0 -239.9 -87.4 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Evaluation in tenge bn. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Foreign currencies 1,486.2 34.9 1,141.3 32.9 +344.9 +30.2 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 84.6 2.0 40.1 1.2 +44.4 +110.7 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 75.8 1.8 20.7 0.6 +55.1 +266.9 including on STF RFCA 1.7 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 +1.6 +2,597.4 Corporate bonds* 19.7 0.5 63.9 1.8 -44.2 -69.2 including on STF RFCA 2.4 0.1 32.9 0.9 -30.5 -92.6 Repo (CS и GS) total 2,593.1 60.9 2,207.5 63.6 +358.6 +17.5 including direct repo on GS 13.9 0.3 17.2 0.5 -3.3 -19.1 including autorepo on GS 2,122.6 49.8 1,817.6 52.3 +305.0 +16.8 including direct repo on CS 121.6 2.9 113.4 3.3 +8.2 +7.2 including autorepo on CS 334.9 7.9 259.3 7.5 +75.7 +29.2 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Total 4,259.3 100.0 3,473.5 100.0 +785.8 +22.6 including on STF RFCA 4.1 0.1 33.0 0.9 -28.8 -87.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Only deals on the primary market and purchase and sale deals on the secondary market are considered. [2008-09-08]