Volume of transactions on KASE, including STF RFCA increased by 20.3 % to USD42,730.7 m. in September, 2008

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, October 7, 08/ - In September of 2008 the total volume of transactions made on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in dollar terms increased by 20.3 % relative to the previous month and totaled an equivalent of $42,730.7 m. In tenge, the growth is estimated at 20.4 % and the volume of exchange operations at KZT5,128.6 bn. The volume of exchange operations increased by 51.0 % in dollar and 48.1 % in tenge terms relative to September, 2007 Below is the comparative table of indicators of the turnover and its structure on KASE in September and August 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 September and August 2008 year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September-2008: August -2008: Trend: --------------- --------------- ---------------- Market sector volume % volume % volume % --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Evaluation in USD m. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Foreign currencies 17,377.0 40.7 12,392.7 34.9 +4,984.3 +40.2 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 950.6 2.2 704.8 2.0 +245.8 +34.9 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 316.3 0.7 632.4 1.8 -316.0 -50.0 including on STF RFCA 0.2 <0.1 14.2 <0.1 -14.0 -98.6 Corporate bonds* 660.3 1.5 164.3 0.5 +496.0 +301.9 including on STF RFCA 2.5 <0.1 20.4 0.1 -17.8 -87.6 Repo (CS и GS) total 23,426.5 54.8 21,615.6 60.9 +1,810.9 +8.4 including direct repo on GS 145.3 0.3 115.8 0.3 +29.5 +25.5 including autorepo on GS 19,929.4 46.6 17,693.8 49.8 +2,235.6 +12.6 including direct repo on CS 1,094.8 2.6 1,014.2 2.9 +80.5 +7.9 including autorepo on CS 2,257.0 5.3 2,791.7 7.9 -534.8 -19.2 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Total 42,730.7 100.0 35,509.8 100.0 +7,220.9 +20.3 including on STF RFCA 2.7 <0.1 34.5 0.1 -31.8 -92.1 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Evaluation in tenge bn. , , , , , , --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Foreign currencies 2,079.7 40.6 1,486.2 34.9 +593.5 +39.9 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstani GS* 113.8 2.2 84.6 2.0 +29.3 +34.6 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 37.9 0.7 75.8 1.8 -37.9 -50.0 including on STF RFCA 0.02 <0.1 1.7 <0.1 -1.7 -98.6 Corporate bonds* 79.1 1.5 19.7 0.5 +59.3 +301.0 including on STF RFCA 0.3 <0.1 2.4 0.1 -2.1 -87.6 Repo (CS и GS) total 2,818.2 55.0 2,593.1 60.9 +225.1 +8.7 including direct repo on GS 17.4 0.3 13.9 0.3 +3.5 +25.2 including autorepo on GS 2,385.3 46.5 2,122.6 49.8 +262.7 +12.4 including direct repo on CS 133.3 2.6 121.6 2.9 +11.6 +9.6 including autorepo on CS 282.2 5.5 334.9 7.9 -52.7 -15.7 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ------ Total 5,128.6 100.0 4,259.3 100.0 +869.3 +20.4 including on STF RFCA 0.3 <0.1 4.1 0.1 -3.8 -92.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Only deals on the primary market and purchase and sale deals on the secondary market are considered. [2008-10-07]