Volume of transactions on KASE, including STF RFCA decreased by 1.0 % to USD37,578.9 m. in November, 2008

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, December 5, 08/ - In November of 2008 the total volume of transactions made on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in dollar terms decreased by 1.0 % relative to the previous month and totaled an equivalent of $37,578.9 m. In tenge, the fall is estimated at 0.8 % and the volume of exchange operations at KZT4,513.8 bn. The volume of exchange operations increased by 19.6 % in dollar and 19.1 % in tenge terms relative to November, 2007 Below is the comparative table of indicators of the turnover and its structure on KASE in November and October 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 November and October 2008 year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ November-2008: October -2008: Trend: -------------- -------------- -------------- Market sector volume % volume % volume % --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- Evaluation in USD m. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- Foreign currencies 12,310.6 32.8 12,273.0 32.3 +37.6 +0.3 Future contracts 0.4 <0.1 0 0 +0.5 - Kazakhstani GS* 802.7 2.1 889.9 2.3 -87.2 -9.8 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 226.3 0.6 150.7 0.4 +75.6 +50.1 including on STF RFCA 0.3 <0.1 7.6 <0.1 -7.4 -96.3 Corporate bonds* 304.5 0.8 370.2 1.0 -65.6 -17.7 including on STF RFCA 0.7 <0.1 164.0 0.4 -163.3 -99.6 Repo (CS и GS) total 23,934.3 63.7 24,287.3 64.0 -352.9 -1.5 including direct repo on GS 617.9 1.6 346.0 0.9 +271.9 +78.6 including autorepo on GS 18,677.3 49.7 19,720.7 51.9 -1,043.4 -5.3 including direct repo on CS 2,129.4 5.7 1,503.7 4.0 +625.7 +41.6 including autorepo on CS 2,509.7 6.7 2,716.9 7.2 -207.2 -7.6 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- Total 37,578.9 100.0 37,971.0 100.0 -392.2 -1.0 including on STF RFCA 1.0 <0.1 171.7 0.5 -170.7 -99.4 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- Evaluation in tenge bn. --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- Foreign currencies 1,478.9 32.8 1,471.4 32.3 +7.5 +0.5 Future contracts 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 - Kazakhstani GS* 96.4 2.1 106.6 2.3 -10.2 -9.6 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 27.2 0.6 18.1 0.4 +9.1 +50.5 including on STF RFCA 0.03 <0.1 0.9 <0.1 -0.9 -96.3 Corporate bonds* 36.6 0.8 44.4 1.0 -7.8 -17.5 including on STF RFCA 0.1 <0.1 19.7 0.4 -19.6 -99.6 Repo (CS и GS) total 2,874.6 63.7 2,910.7 64.0 -36.1 -1.2 including direct repo on GS 74.2 1.6 41.5 0.9 +32.8 +79.0 including autorepo on GS 2,243.1 49.7 2,363.4 51.9 -120.3 -5.1 including direct repo on CS 255.7 5.7 180.2 4.0 +75.6 +41.9 including autorepo on CS 301.5 6.7 325.6 7.2 -24.1 -7.4 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- Total 4,513.8 100.0 4,551.2 100.0 -37.4 -0.8 including on STF RFCA 0.1 <0.1 20.6 0.5 -20.5 -99.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Only deals on the primary market and purchase and sale deals on the secondary market are considered. [2008-12-05]