KASE (including STF RFCA) transactions turnover for initial 8 months of 2008 decreases by 11.4 % in relation to corresponding period of 2007

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, September 8, 08/ - The total volume of transactions on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all sectors of the market, including special trade floor of regional financial center of Almaty (STF RFCA) reached an equivalent of $186,207.0 m. or KZT22,415.7 bn. for the first 8 months, 2008. The volume of transactions decreased by 11.4 % in dollar equivalent and 13.5 % tenge equivalent compared to the corresponding period in 2007. Relative to the previous eight-month period (May-December 2007) the exchange turnover has decreased by 19.3 % in dollar equivalent and by 20.3 % in tenge equivalent. The following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in January-August 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-Aug Jan-Aug ---------------- May-Dec ---------------- sector 2008 2007 m. USD % 2007 m. USD % ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Foreign 60,659.8 59,215.4 +1,444.4 +2.4 68,769.6 -8,109.8 -11.8 currencies 32.6,% 28.2,% 29.8,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 X 0 0 X contracts 0,% 0,% 0,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan 4,111.4 6,392.4 -2,281.1 -35.7 5,450.6 -1,339.3 -24.6 GS 2.2,% 3.0,% 2.4,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Foreign 0 0.3 -0.3 -100.0 0 0 X GS 0,% <0.1,% 0,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Shares 2,609.0 5,384.8 -2,775.8 -51.5 7,782.4 -5,173.4 -66.5 1.4,% 2.6,% 3.4,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including 305.6 42.0 +263.6 +627.8 73.5 +232.2 +316.0 STF RFCA 0.2,% <0.1,% , , <0.1,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Corporate 1,901.9 2,630.9 -729.0 -27.7 2,956.0 -1,054.1 -35.7 bonds 1.0,% 1.3,% 1.3,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including STF 458.6 344.6 +114.0 +33.1 399.4 +59.2 +14.8 RFCA 0.2,% 0.2,% 0.2,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 116,925.0 136,627.0 -19,702.0 -14.4 145,805.2 -28,880.2 -19.8 GS) total 62.8,% 65.0,% 63.2,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including 923.0 1,057.4 -134.4 -12.7 708.5 +214.5 +30.3 repo on GS, nego 0.5,% 0.5,% 0.3,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including 92,099.4 108,253.8 -16,154.4 -14.9 116,470.1 -24,370.6 -20.9 auto- repo on GS 49.5,% 51.5,% 50.5,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including 6,962.3 10,070.6 -3,108.3 -30.9 10,562.0 -3,599.7 -34.1 repo on CS, nego 3.7,% 4.8,% 4.6,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including 16,940.3 17,245.2 -304.8 -1.8 18,064.7 -1,124.4 -6.2 autorepo 9.1,% 8.2,% 7.8,% on CS ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ 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 186,207.0 210,250.9 -24,043.9 -11.4 230,763.8 -44,556.8 -19.3 100,% 100,% 100,% ------------- --------- ---------- --------- ------ --------- --------- ------ including 764.2 386.6 +377.7 +97.7 472.8 +291.4 +61.6 STF RFCA 0.4,% 0.2,% 0.2,% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The table, containing the dynamics of indicators of the exchange turnover for the last 8 months is given below, grouped by months and sectors of the market (evaluation in tenge and USD). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Market Indi- 2008 sector cator II III IV V VI VII VIII -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 5,621.4 6,133.1 8,143.8 5,874.2 8,354.6 9,483.9 12,392.7 currencies % 32.1 33.9 34.5 31.6 35.6 32.8 34.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 501.7 546.9 705.5 339.0 480.2 333.6 704.8 % 2.9 3.0 3.0 1.8 2.0 1.2 2.0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 247.0 267.6 118.2 504.7 449.5 171.6 632.4 % 1.4 1.5 0.5 2.7 1.9 0.6 1.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 190.3 95.4 188.7 259.9 367.0 532.0 164.3 bonds % 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.6 1.8 0.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 10,959.8 11,053.4 14,440.4 11,615.7 13,827.3 18,355.8 21,615.6 % 62.6 61.1 61.2 62.5 58.9 63.6 60.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 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 17,520.1 18,096.4 23,596.5 18,593.5 23,478.6 28,876.9 35,509.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 676.6 740.0 981.2 708.3 1,008.6 1,141.3 1,486.2 currencies % 32.1 33.9 34.5 31.6 35.6 32.9 34.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- KGS volume 60.3 66.0 84.9 40.9 58.0 40.1 84.6 % 2.9 3.0 3.0 1.8 2.0 1.2 2.0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares volume 29.7 32.3 14.2 60.9 54.3 20.7 75.8 % 1.4 1.5 0.5 2.7 1.9 0.6 1.8 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 22.9 11.5 22.7 31.3 44.3 63.9 19.7 bonds % 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.6 1.8 0.5 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- REPO volume 1,319.0 1,333.6 1,739.7 1,400.5 1,669.3 2,207.5 2,593.1 % 62.6 61.1 61.2 62.5 58.9 63.6 60.9 ---------- ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 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 2,108.6 2,183.4 2,842.8 2,241.9 2,834.4 3,473.5 4,259.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [2008-09-08]