In four months of 2010 trades volume on KASE increased by 1.2 % and made up KZT8.7 trln ($59.1 bn)

/KASE, May 6, 10/ - In initial four months of 2010 the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT8,712.7 bn (USD59,131.4 m) and increased relative to the similar period of 2009 by 1.2 % (decreased by 4.2 % in USD). In comparison with the previous four months period (September-December of 2009) the trades volume increased by 13.3 % (15.8 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for initial 4 months of 2010 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2009. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-IV, 2010 I-IV, 2009 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 3,868.2 44.4 3,698.7 43.0 +169.5 +4.6 including: spot-market 2,715.3 31.2 3,179.2 36.9 -463.9 -14.6 swap-market 1,152.9 13.2 519.5 6.0 +633.4 +121.9 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Futures contracts 0 0 0.1 <0.01 X X ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 550.7 6.3 299.3 3.5 +251.4 +84.0 including: primary market 224.6 2.6 151.3 1.8 +73.2 +48.4 secondary market 326.1 3.7 148.0 1.7 +178.2 +120.4 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 18.0 0.2 129.2 1.5 -111.2 -86.1 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Unit Investment Funds shares 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 56.8 0.7 136.5 1.6 -79.7 -58.4 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 4,219.0 48.4 4,346.0 50.5 -127.0 -2.9 including: "nego" repo on GS 49.7 0.6 26.3 0.3 +23.3 +88.6 autorepo on GS 4,119.5 47.3 3,510.3 40.8 +609.2 +17.4 "nego" repo on CS 3.9 <0.1 381.9 4.4 -378.0 -99.0 autorepo on CS 45.8 0.5 427.5 5.0 -381.7 -89.3 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 8,712.7 100.0 8,609.8 100.0 +102.9 +1.2 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ M USD , , , , , , ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 26,248.3 44.4 26,570.7 43.1 -322.4 -1.2 including: spot-market 18,426.1 31.2 23,101.5 37.4 -4,675.4 -20.2 swap-market 7,822.2 13.2 3,469.2 5.6 +4,353.0 +125.5 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Futures contracts 0 0 0.4 <0.01 X X ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 3,736.8 6.3 2,060.7 3.3 +1,676.1 +81.3 including: primary market 1,523.6 2.6 1,019.4 1.7 +504.3 +49.5 secondary market 2,213.2 3.7 1,041.3 1.7 +1,171.9 +112.5 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 122.3 0.2 893.1 1.4 -770.8 -86.3 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Unit Investment Funds shares 0 0 0.7 <0.1 -0.7 -100.0 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 385.0 0.7 977.3 1.6 -592.3 -60.6 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 28,639.0 48.4 31,197.2 50.6 -2,558.2 -8.2 including: "nego" repo on GS 337.5 0.6 183.9 0.3 +153.6 +83.6 autorepo on GS 27,963.7 47.3 25,223.3 40.9 +2,740.4 +10.9 "nego" repo on CS 26.7 <0.1 2,697.0 4.4 -2,670.3 -99.0 autorepo on CS 311.1 0.5 3,093.0 5.0 -2,781.9 -89.9 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 59,131.4 100.0 61,699.7 100.0 -2,568.3 -4.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS - government serial securities; CS - corporate serial securities; corporate bonds - corporate serial debt securities; Equities - equity securities certifying the right of its holder for a certain share in the property; "direct" repo - repo transactions carried out by "direct" method (with conclusion of direct opening and closing repo deals); auto repo - repo transactions carried out automatically; 'n/t' - no trade held. Currency swap transactions and repo exchange additionally provides (calculated) turnover (calculated based on all executed opening and closing deals), which is not accounted for in indicator "TOTAL trade volume", in aggregate indicator for exchange market sector and in indicator "including". Trade volume and exchange (calculated) turnovers are calculated on all executed exchange deals, concluded by any possible KASE trade method. Information on securities (bonds) of IFO, FGS, notes and futures is not provided due to absence of deals in such instruments in the compared periods. [2010-05-06]