Within the first 10 months of 2004 volume of all transactions at KASE reached equivalent of $44,523.8 m. and grew 1.7 times

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, November 8, 04/ - In January-October of 2004 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $44,523.8 m. or KZT6,087.8 bn. Compared to similar period of 2003 volume of transactions increased 1.67 times measured in dollars and 1.53 times measured in tenge. Relative to previous period - March-December of 2003 - stock exchange's turnover has increased 1.5 times measured in dollars and 1.4 times 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. to corr. period of 2003: Rel. to previous period: ------------------------- ------------------------- Market's trend in: trend in: sector of Jan-Oct Jan-Oct ---------------- Mar-Dec ---------------- KASE 2004 2003 m. USD % 2003 m. USD % ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Foreign 6,083.6 4,926.3 +1,157.3 +23.5 5,499.2 +584.4 +10.6 currencies 13.7% 18.5% 18.7% ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Futures 0.118 1,907.6 -1,907.4 -100.0 2,458.2 -2,458.1 -100.0 contracts 0.0003% 7.16% 8.4% ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ GS 4,322.9 1,724.1 +2,598.8 +150.7 1,958.6 +2,364.3 +120.7 9.7% 6.5% 6.7% ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ CS 1,524.9 713.3 +811.6 +113.8 918.8 +606.1 +66.0 3.4% 2.7% 3.1% ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 32,592.0 17,372.6 +15,219.4 +87.6 18,538.3 +14,053.8 +75.8 GS) total 73.2% 65.2% 63.1% ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ inc. repo on 2,654.9 2,282.2 +372.7 +16.3 2,302.3 +352.6 +15.3 GS, Direct 6.0% 8.6% 7.8% ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ inc. auto- 29,074.6 14,763.8 +14,310.8 +96.9 15,877.3 +13,197.3 +83.1 repo on GS 65.3% 55.4% 54.1% ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ inc. repo on 531.8 238.9 +293.0 +122.7 246.0 +285.8 +116.2 CS, Direct 1.2% 0.90% 0.8% ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ inc. auto- 330.6 87.7 +242.9 +277.2 112.6 +218.0 +193.7 repo on CS 0.74% 0.329% 0.38% ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ IFO bonds 0.274 0 +0.274 X 0 +0.274 X 0.001% 0% 0% ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Promissory 0 0.096 -0.096 Х 0 0 0 notes 0% 0.0004% 0% ------------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ TOTAL 44,523.8 26,644.0 +17,879.8 +67.1 29,373.1 +15,150.7 +51.6 100% 100% 100% ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following is the table with the dynamics of the turnover of the Exchange in last 10 months, which is grouped by months and market sectors (both in KZT and USD). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 Market Indica- ------------------------------------------------------- sector tor Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- million US dollars ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Foreign Volume 546.1 595.9 567.1 498.9 431.0 595.8 1 164.5 currencies % 13.8 14.6 9.4 10.9 9.4 12.7 19.4 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Futures Volume 0.014 0.024 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.001 0.001 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- GS Volume 379.9 292.0 1,102.7 310.0 421.4 438.1 329.1 % 9.6 7.2 18.4 6.8 9.2 9.4 5.5 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- CS Volume 62.6 275.8 140.7 153.8 234.1 201.2 159.2 % 1.6 6.8 2.3 3.4 5.1 4.3 2.7 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- REPO volume 2,970.5 2,906.8 4,194.1 3,610.5 3,509.8 3,440.0 4 347.9 % 75.0 71.4 69.8 78.9 76.4 73.6 72.5 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- IFO 0 0 0 0.07 0.07 0 0 bonds 0 0 0 0.001 0.001 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Promissory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- TOTAL 3,959.1 4,070.4 6,004.6 4,573.3 4,596.3 4,675.1 6 000.6 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- billion tenge ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Foreign volume 75.5 81.7 77.3 67.7 58.7 80.5 154.8 currencies % 13.8 14.6 9.4 10.9 9.4 12.7 19.4 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Futures volume 0.002 0.004 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.001 0.001 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- GS volume 52.5 40.1 150.3 42.0 57.4 59.3 43.8 % 9.6 7.2 18.4 6.8 9.2 9.4 5.5 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- CS volume 8.7 37.7 19.2 20.9 31.9 27.2 21.2 % 1.6 6.8 2.3 3.4 5.1 4.3 2.7 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- REPO volume 410.4 398.5 571.8 489.4 477.8 465.7 579.2 % 75.0 71.4 69.9 78.9 76.4 73.6 72.5 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- IFO 0 0 0 0.009 0.009 0 0 bonds 0 0 0 0.001 0.001 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Promissory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- TOTAL 547.0 557.9 818.5 619.9 625.8 632.7 799.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2004-11-08]