Within the first 11 months of 2004 volume of all transactions at KASE reached equivalent of $51,186.3 m. and grew 1.7 times

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, December 6, 04/ - In January-November of 2004 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $51,186.3 m. or KZT6,958.5 bn. Compared to similar period of 2003 volume of transactions increased 1.74 times measured in dollars and 1.58 times measured in tenge. Relative to previous period - February-December of 2003 - stock exchange's turnover has increased 1.6 times measured in dollars and 1.5 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-Nov Jan-Nov ----------------- Febr-Dec ----------------- KASE 2004 2003 m. USD % 2003 m. USD % ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- Foreign 7 868.7 5 330.7 +2 538.0 +47.6 6 106.8 +1 761.9 +28.9 currencies 15.4% 18.1% 19.3% ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- Futures 0.118 1 963.61 -1 963.494 -100.0 2 458.7 -2 458.6 -99.995 contracts 0.0002% 6.67% 7.8% ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- GS 4 747.8 1 879.8 +2 868.0 +152.6 2 159.5 +2 588.3 +119.9 9.3% 6.4% 6.8% ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- CS 1 650.7 818.6 +832.1 +101.7 946.7 +704.1 +74.4 3.2% 2.8% 3.0% ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- Repo (CS and 36 918.7 19 431.5 +17 487.2 +90.0 19 994.8 +16 923.9 +84.6 GS) total 72.1% 66.0% 63.1% ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- inc. repo on 2 823.1 2 512.6 +310.5 +12.4 2 510.3 +312.8 +12.5 GS, Direct 5.5% 8.5% 7.9% ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- inc. auto- 33 076.8 16 560.3 +16 516.5 +99.7 17 095.0 +15 981.8 +93.5 repo on GS 64.6% 56.3% 54.0% ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- inc. repo on 634.9 255.9 +379.0 +148.1 272.1 +362.8 +133.3 CS, Direct 1.2% 0.87% 0.9% ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- inc. auto- 383.9 102.72 +281.2 +273.7 117.4 +266.5 +227.0 repo on CS 0.75% 0.35% 0.37% ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- IFO bonds 0.274 0 +0.27 X 0 +0.27 X 0.001% 0% 0% ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- Promissory 0 0.096 -0.096 Х 0.096 -0.096 Х notes 0% 0.0003% 0.0003% ------------ -------- -------- ---------- ------ -------- --------- ------- TOTAL 51 186.3 29 424.3 +21 762.0 +74.0 31 666.6 +19 519.7 +61.6 100% 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). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 Market Indica- ------------------------------------------------------- sector tor May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- million US dollars ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Foreign Volume 595.9 567.1 498.9 431.0 595.8 1 164.5 1 785.0 currencies % 14.6 9.4 10.9 9.4 12.7 19.4 26.8 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Futures Volume 0.024 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.001 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- GS Volume 292.0 1 102.7 310.0 421.4 438.1 329.1 424.9 % 7.2 18.4 6.8 9.2 9.4 5.5 6.4 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- CS Volume 275.8 140.7 153.8 234.1 201.2 159.2 125.9 % 6.8 2.3 3.4 5.1 4.3 2.7 1.9 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- REPO volume 2 906.8 4 194.1 3 610.5 3 509.8 3 440.0 4 347.9 4 326.6 % 71.4 69.8 78.9 76.4 73.6 72.5 64.9 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- IFO 0 0 0.07 0.07 0 0 0 bonds 0 0 0.001 0.001 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Promissory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- TOTAL 4 070.4 6 004.6 4 573.3 4 596.3 4 675.1 6 000.6 6 662.5 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- billion tenge ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Foreign volume 81.7 77.3 67.7 58.7 80.5 154.8 233.4 currencies % 14.6 9.4 10.9 9.4 12.7 19.4 26.8 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Futures volume 0.004 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.001 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- GS volume 40.1 150.3 42.0 57.4 59.3 43.8 55.6 % 7.2 18.4 6.8 9.2 9.4 5.5 6.4 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- CS volume 37.7 19.2 20.9 31.9 27.2 21.2 16.4 % 6.8 2.3 3.4 5.1 4.3 2.7 1.9 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- REPO volume 398.5 571.8 489.4 477.8 465.7 579.2 565.2 % 71.4 69.9 78.9 76.4 73.6 72.5 64.9 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- IFO 0 0 0.009 0.009 0 0 0 bonds 0 0 0.001 0.001 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Promissory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- TOTAL 557.9 818.5 619.9 625.8 632.7 799.0 870.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: in Government securities (GS) sector only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale in the secondary market are considered; in corporate securities (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. [2004-12-06]