Within 2 months of 2004 volume of all transactions at KASE reached equivalent of $7,073.2 m. and grew 1.6 times

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, March 5, 04/ - In January-February of 2004 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $7,073.2 m., or KZT990.5 bn. Compared to similar period of 2003 volume of transactions increased 1.6 times measured in dollars and 1.5 times measured in tenge. Relative to previous period - November-December of 2003 - stock exchange's turnover decreased by 1.1% measured in dollars and 5.0% measured in tenge. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE during January-February of 2004, 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 dollar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rel. Relative to corr. month of 2003: to previous month: ----------------------- --------------------- Market's trend in: trend in: sector of Jan-Feb Jan-Feb --------------- Nov-Dec ------------- KASE 2004 2003 m. USD % 2003 m. USD % ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ ------ Foreign 1,149.3 914.2 +235.1 +25.7 1,487.1 -337.8 -22.7 Currencies 16.2% 20.7% 20.8% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ ------ Futures 0.025 0.50 -0.475 -95.0 551.1 -551.1 -100.0 Contracts 0.0004% 0.01% 7.7% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ ------ GS 695.2 419.4 +275.9 +65.8 653.9 +41.3 +6.3 9.8% 9.5% 9.1% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ ------ CS 202.9 106.4 +96.5 +90.7 311.9 -109.0 -35.0 2.9% 2.4% 4.4% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ ------ Repo (CS and 5,025.8 2,985.4 +2,040.4 +68.3 4,151.1 +874.7 +21.1 GS) total 71.1% 67.5% 58.0% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ ------ inc. repo on GS, 405.8 457.3 -51.5 -11.3 477.4 -71.6 -15.0 direct 5.7% 10.3% 6.7% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ ------ inc. auto- 4,501.2 2,473.0 +2,028.2 +82.0 3,586.4 +914.7 +25.5 repo on GS 63.6% 55.9% 50.1% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ ------ inc. repo on CS, 93.8 45.5 +48.3 +106.2 52.7 +41.1 +78.0 direct 1.3% 1.03% 0.7% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ ------ inc. auto- 24.9 9.58 +15.4 +160.2 34.5 -9.6 -27.7 repo on CS 0.35% 0.217% 0.48% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ ------ Promissory notes 0 0.096 -0.096 -100.0 0 0 0 0% 0.0022% 0% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ ------- ------ ------ TOTAL 7,073.2 4,425.9 +2,647.3 +59.8 7,155.1 -81.9 -1.1 100% 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). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Market Indica- sector tor VIII-2003 IX-2003 X-2003 XI-2003 XII-2003 I-2004 II-2004 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- In million US dollars ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Foreign volume 574.2 643.4 651.8 404.4 1,082.7 658.0 491.2 currencies % 15.7 22.9 23.5 14.5 24.7 17.9 14.5 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Futures volume 763.0 92.6 0.025 56.0 495.1 0 0.025 % 20.8 3.3 0.001 2.0 11.3 0 0.001 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- GS volume 192.7 231.8 211.8 155.7 498.2 426.6 268.6 % 5.3 8.3 7.6 5.6 11.4 11.6 7.9 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- CS volume 85.6 58.1 54.5 105.3 206.6 128.3 74.6 % 2.3 2.1 2.0 3.8 4.7 3.5 2.2 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- REPO volume 2,050.4 1,777.6 1,857.7 2,058.9 2,092.2 2,465.4 2,560.3 % 55.9 63.4 66.9 74.1 47.8 67.0 75.4 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Promissory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL 3,666.0 2,803.5 2,775.9 2,780.3 4,374.7 3,678.4 3,394.8 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- In billion tenge ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Foreign volume 84.3 95.2 96.4 59.4 156.7 92.7 68.4 currencies % 15.6 22.9 23.5 14.5 24.7 17.9 14.5 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Futures volume 113.3 13.9 0.004 8.2 72.2 0 0.004 % 21.0 3.4 0.001 2.0 11.4 0 0.001 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- GS volume 28.3 34.3 31.4 22.8 72.3 60.1 37.4 % 5.2 8.3 7.6 5.6 11.4 11.6 7.9 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- CS volume 12.6 8.6 8.1 15.5 30.0 18.0 10.4 % 2.3 2.1 2.0 3.8 4.7 3.5 2.2 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- REPO volume 300.9 262.9 274.7 302.7 303.2 347.2 356.3 % 55.8 63.4 66.9 74.1 47.8 67.0 75.4 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Promissory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL 539.3 415.0 410.5 408.7 634.4 518.0 472.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2004-03-05]