Within the first 2 months of 2004 volume of all transactions at KASE reached equivalent of $10,644.4 m. and grew 1.7 times

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, April 5, 04/ - In January-March of 2004 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $10,644.4 m., or KZT1,486.9 bn. Compared to similar period of 2003 volume of transactions increased 1.7 times measured in dollars and 1.5 times measured in tenge. Relative to previous period - October-December of 2003 - stock exchange's turnover increased by 7.2% measured in dollars and 2.3% measured in tenge. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE during 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 dollar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rel. Relative to corr. month of 2003: to previous month: ----------------------- ----------------------- Market's trend in: trend in: sector of Jan-Mar Jan-Mar --------------- Nov-Dec --------------- KASE 2004 2003 m. USD % 2003 m. USD % ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ Foreign 1,684.3 1,270.8 +413.4 +32.5 2,138.9 -454.7 -21.3 Currencies 15.8% 20.1% 21.5% ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ Futures 0.080 2.01 -1.925 -96.0 551.1 -551.1 -99.99 Contracts 0.0008% 0.03% 5.5% ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ GS 1,049.7 580.2 +469.4 +80.9 865.7 +183.9 +21.2 9.9% 9.2% 8.7% ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ CS 297.7 148.0 +149.7 +101.2 366.4 -68.7 -18.7 2.8% 2.3% 3.7% ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ Repo (CS and 7,612.6 4,309.2 +3,303.3 +76.7 6,008.8 +1,603.8 +26.7 GS) total 71.5% 68.3% 60.5% ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ inc. repo on GS, 584.4 670.6 -86.3 -12.9 747.7 -163.3 -21.8 direct 5.5% 10.6% 7.5% ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ inc. auto- 6,867.6 3,556.1 +3,311.6 +93.1 5,148.2 +1,719.4 +33.4 repo on GS 64.5% 56.4% 51.8% ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ inc. repo on CS, 124.7 65.0 +59.7 +91.7 63.0 +61.7 +97.9 direct 1.2% 1.03% 0.6% ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ inc. auto- 35.8 17.50 +18.3 +104.7 49.9 -14.0 -28.1 repo on CS 0.34% 0.277% 0.50% ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ IFO bonds 0.14 0 +0.14 Х 0 +0.14 X 0.001% 0% 0% ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ Promissory notes 0 0.096 -0.096 Х 0 0 X 0% 0.0015% 0% ---------------- -------- ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ TOTAL 10,644.4 6,310.4 +4,334.0 +68.7 9,931.0 +713.4 +7.2 100% 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 IX-2003 X-2003 XI-2003 XII-2003 I-2004 II-2004 III-2004 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- million US dollars ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Foreign volume 643.4 651.8 404.4 1,082.7 658.0 491.2 535.0 currencies % 22.9 23.5 14.5 24.7 17.9 14.5 15.0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Futures volume 92.6 0.025 56.0 495.1 0 0.025 0.055 % 3.3 0.001 2.0 11.3 0 0.001 0.002 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- GS volume 231.8 211.8 155.7 498.2 426.6 268.6 354.4 % 8.3 7.6 5.6 11.4 11.6 7.9 9.9 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- CS volume 58.1 54.5 105.3 206.6 128.2 74.6 94.9 % 2.1 2.0 3.8 4.7 3.5 2.2 2.7 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- REPO volume 1,777.6 1,857.7 2,058.9 2,092.2 2,465.4 2,560.3 2,586.8 % 63.4 66.9 74.1 47.8 67.0 75.4 72.4 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- IFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.14 bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.004 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Promissory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- TOTAL 2,803.5 2,775.9 2,780.3 4,374.7 3,678.3 3,394.8 3,571.3 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- billion tenge ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Foreign volume 95.2 96.4 59.4 156.7 92.7 68.4 74.3 currencies % 22.9 23.5 14.5 24.7 17.9 14.5 15.0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Futures volume 13.9 0.004 8.2 72.2 0.0 0.004 0.009 % 3.4 0.001 2.0 11.4 0.0 0.001 0.002 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- GS volume 34.3 31.4 22.8 72.3 60.1 37.4 49.3 % 8.3 7.6 5.6 11.4 11.6 7.9 9.9 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- CS volume 8.6 8.1 15.5 30.0 18.0 10.4 13.2 % 2.1 2.0 3.8 4.7 3.5 2.2 2.7 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- REPO volume 262.9 274.7 302.7 303.2 347.2 356.3 359.6 % 63.4 66.9 74.1 47.8 67.0 75.4 72.4 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- IFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.020 bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.004 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Promissory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- TOTAL 415.0 410.5 408.7 634.4 518.0 472.5 496.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2004-04-06]