In first ten months of 2010 trades volume on KASE increased by 35.1 % and made up KZT24.9 trln ($168.9 bn)

/KASE, November 3, 10/ - In the first ten months of 2010 the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT24,881.2 bn (USD168,903.9 m) and increased relative to the similar period of 2009 by 35.1 % (33.2 % in USD). In comparison with the previous ten-month-period (March-December of 2009) the trades volume increased by 41.6 % (44.5 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for initial 10 months of 2010 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2009. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-X, 2010 I-X, 2009 Trend --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 12,472.7 50.5 7,746.5 42.1 +4,726.2 +61.0 including: spot-market 8,540.7 34.3 5,754.3 31.3 +2,786.4 +48.4 swap-market 3,932.0 15.8 1,992.2 10.8 +1,939.8 +97.4 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Futures contracts 0 0 0.1 <0.01 X X --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 1,286.6 5.2 1,085.3 5.9 +201.3 +18.5 including: primary market 645.8 2.6 552.6 3.0 +93.1 +16.9 secondary market 640.8 2.6 532.6 2.9 +108.1 +20.3 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 263.5 1.1 215.3 1.2 +48.2 +22.4 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Unit Investment Funds shares 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 206.0 0.8 334.6 1.8 -128.6 -38.4 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions 10,652.4 42.8 9,031.8 49.0 +1,620.7 +17.9 including: "nego" repo on GS 60.7 0.2 102.3 0.6 -41.6 -40.6 autorepo on GS 10,470.5 42.1 7,586.7 41.2 +2,883.8 +38.0 "nego" repo on CS 6.7 <0.1 749.0 4.1 -742.3 -99.1 autorepo on CS 114.5 0.5 593.8 3.2 -479.3 -80.7 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 24,881.2 100.0 18,413.5 100.0 +6,467.6 +35.1 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ m USD --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 84,660.4 50.1 53,431.5 42.1 +31,228.8 +58.4 including: spot-market 57,976.4 34.3 40,193.0 31.7 +17,783.3 +44.2 swap-market 26,684.0 15.8 13,238.5 10.4 +13,445.5 +101.6 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Futures contracts 0 0 0.4 <0.01 X X --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 8,733.6 5.2 7,277.3 5.7 +1,456.3 +20.0 including: primary market 4,383.4 2.6 3,683.0 2.9 +700.4 +19.0 secondary market 4,350.1 2.6 3,594.2 2.8 +755.9 +21.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 1,786.7 1.1 1,464.7 1.2 +322.0 +22.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Unit Investment Funds shares 0 0 0.7 <0.1 -0.7 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 1,397.4 0.8 2,292.9 1.8 -895.5 -39.1 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions 72,325.8 42.8 62,307.4 49.1 +10,018.4 +16.1 including: "nego" repo on GS 412.3 0.2 687.9 0.5 -275.6 -40.1 autorepo on GS 71,090.7 42.1 52,286.2 41.2 +18,804.5 +36.0 "nego" repo on CS 45.6 <0.1 5,135.6 4.1 -5,089.9 -99.1 autorepo on CS 777.1 0.5 4,197.7 3.3 -3,420.6 -81.5 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 168,903.9 100.0 126,774.2 100.0 +42,129.7 +33.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2010-11-03]