Within the first 11 months of 2003 volume of all transactions at KASE reached equivalent of $29.4 bn. and grew 1.4 times

/IRBIS, December 9, 03/ - Within the first 11 months of 2003 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $29,424.3 m, or KZT4,400.3 bn. Compared to similar period of 2002, volume of transactions increased by 35.6% measured in dollars and by 39.2% measured in tenge. Relative to previous 11-month period (Fenruary-December of 2002) stock exchange's turnover increased by 27.9% measured in dollars and by 24.2% measured in tenge. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE within the mentioned periods, as well as dynamics of the turnover structure of the Exchange's market (m. USD, unless otherwise specified). The calculation was made in terms of dollars. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rel. to corr. Relative to month of 2002: previous period: -------------------------- -------------------------- Market's Jan- trend in: trend in: sector of Nov Jan-Nov ----------------- Feb-Dec ----------------- KASE 2003 2002 m USD % 2002 m USD % ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Foreign 5,330.7 2,550.4 +2,780.4 +109.0 2,828.9 +2,501.8 +88.4 currencies 18.1% 12.1% 12.3% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Futures 1,963.6 646.8 +1,316.8 +203.6 736.0 +1,227.6 +166.8 contracts 6.7% 3.1% 3.2% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- GS 1,879.8 1,518.5 +361.3 +23.8 1,793.7 +86.1 +4.8 6.4% 7.2% 7.8% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- CS 818.6 320.9 +497.7 +155.1 575.1 +243.5 +42.3 2.8% 1.5% 2.5% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Repo (CS and 19,431.5 16,097.4 +3,334.1 +20.7 17,068.1 +2,363.4 +13.8 GS) total 66.0% 76.2% 74.2% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- inc. repo on GS, 2,512.6 2,444.3 +68.3 +2.8 2,670.7 -158.1 -5.9 direct 8.5% 11.6% 11.6% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- inc. auto- 16,560.3 13,563.8 +2,996.5 +22.1 14,247.3 +2,312.9 +16.2 repo on GS 56.3% 64.2% 61.9% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- inc. repo on CS, 255.9 86.2 +169.7 +196.9 146.3 +109.6 +74.9 direct 0.9% 0.41% 0.6% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- inc. auto- 102.7 3.16 +99.6 +3,154.2 3.7 +99.0 +2,653.0 ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- repo on CS 0.35% 0.015% 0.02% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Promissory notes 0.096 0.023 +0.073 +309.7 0.023 +0.1 +309.7 0.0003% 0.0001% 0.0001% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL 29,424.3 21,134.0 +8,290.4 +39.2 23,001.8 +6,422.5 +27.9 100% 100% 100% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following is the table with the dynamics of the turnover of the Exchange in last 7 months, which is grouped by months and market sectors (both in KZT and USD). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Market Indica- ---------------------------------------------------------- sector tor V-2003 VI-2003 VII-2003 VIII-2003 IX-2003 X-2003 XI-2003 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- In million US dollars -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- Foreign volume 393.0 567.5 427 574.2 643.4 651.8 404.4 Currency % 17.5 16.1 14.7 15.7 22.9 23.5 14.5 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- Futures volume 0 1050.0 0 763.0 92.6 0.025 56.0 % 0 29.8 0 20.8 3.3 0.001 2.0 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- GS volume 137.0 108.7 174.0 192.7 231.8 211.8 155.7 % 6.1 3.1 6.008 5.3 8.3 7.6 5.6 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- CS volume 198.2 45.9 40.2 85.6 58.1 54.5 105.3 % 8.8 1.3 1 2.3 2.1 2.0 3.8 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- REPO volume 1,518.3 1757.0 2,255.7 2,050.4 1,777.6 1,857.7 2,058.9 % 67.6 49.8 78 55.9 63.4 66.9 74.1 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- Promis. volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- TOTAL 2,246.5 3,529.2 2,896.9 3,666.0 2,803.5 2,775.9 2,780.3 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- In billion tenge -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- Foreign volume 59.3 84.5 62.7 84.3 95.2 96.4 59.4 Currency % 17.5 16.1 14.7 15.6 22.9 23.5 14.5 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- Futures volume 0 157.2 0 113.3 13.9 0.004 8.2 % 0 29.9 0 21.0 3.4 0.001 2.0 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- GS volume 20.7 16.2 25.6 28.3 34.3 31.4 22.8 % 6.1 3.1 6.0 5.2 8.3 7.6 5.6 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- CS volume 29.9 6.8 5.9 12.6 8.6 8.1 15.5 % 8.8 1.3 1.4 2.3 2.1 2.0 3.8 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- REPO volume 229.2 261.5 331.4 300.9 262.9 274.7 302.7 % 67.6 49.7 77.9 55.8 63.4 66.9 74.1 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- Promis. volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- TOTAL 339.1 526.3 425.6 539.3 415.0 410.5 408.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: in GS sector only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale in the secondary market are considered; in CS sector only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale in the secondary market (including SBS) are considered; in REPO sector repo transactions with GS and CS are considered, including auto repo. [2003-12-09]