In 2004 volume of all transactions at KASE reached equivalent of $58.9 bn. and grew 1.7 times relative to last year

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, January 6, 05/ - In 2004 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $58,850.4 m. or KZT7,955.0 bn. Compared to 2003 volume of transactions rose by 74.1 % measured in dollars and by 58.0% times measured in tenge. This is the highest record volume ever registered at KASE. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE in 2004, as well as dynamics of the turnover structure of the Exchange's market (in m USD, unless otherwise specified). The calculation was made in terms of dollar. ------------------------------------------------------- 2003 Trend of Market's 2004 ---------- ---------------- 2004 to 2003: sector of volume and volume and ---------------- KASE structure structure m USD % ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ Foreign 9,449.5 6,413.4 +3,036.0 +47.3 currencies 16.1%APR 19.0%APR , , ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ Futures 0.118 2,458.7 -2,458.6 -100.0 contracts 0.0002%APR 7.3%APR , , ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ GS 5,558.6 2,378.0 +3,180.6 +133.8 9.4%APR 7.0%APR , , ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ CS 1,830.0 1,025.2 +804.8 +78.5 3.1%APR 3.0%APR , , ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 42,012.0 21,523.6 +20,488.3 +95.2 GS) total 71.4%APR 63.7%APR ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ inc. repo on GS, 3,620.7 2,759.7 +861.0 +31.2 direct 6.2%APR 8.2%APR ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ inc. auto- 37,216.8 18,350.3 +18,866.5 +102.8 repo on GS 63.2%APR 54.3%APR ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ inc. repo on CS, 722.7 291.6 +431.2 +147.9 direct 1.2%APR 0.86%APR ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ inc. auto- 451.8 122.16 +329.6 +269.8 ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ repo on CS 0.77%APR 0.361%APR , , ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ IFO bonds 0.274 0 +0.27 X 0.0005%APR 0%APR , , ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ Promissory notes 0 0.096 -0.096 -100.0 0 0.0003%APR , , ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------ TOTAL 58,850.4 33,799.1 +25,051.4 +74.1 100%APR 100%APR , , ------------------------------------------------------- Following is the table with the dynamics of the turnover of the Exchange for the last 7 months, which is grouped by months and market sectors (both in KZT and USD). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Market Indica- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- sector tor VI-2004 VII-2004 VIII-2004 IX-2004 X-2004 XI-2004 XII-2004 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- In million US dollars (estimations) -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- Foreign volume 567.1 498.9 431.0 595.8 1,164.5 1,785.0 1,580.8 Currency % 9.4 10.9 9.4 12.7 19.4 26.8 20.6 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- GS volume 1,102.7 310.0 421.4 438.1 329.1 424.9 810.8 % 18.4 6.8 9.2 9.4 5.5 6.4 10.6 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- CS volume 140.7 153.8 234.1 201.2 159.2 125.9 179.3 % 2.3 3.4 5.1 4.3 2.7 1.9 2.3 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- REPO volume 4,194.1 3,610.5 3,509.8 3,440.0 4,347.9 4,326.6 5,093.3 % 69.8 78.9 76.4 73.6 72.5 64.9 66.5 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- IFO volume 0 0.07 0.07 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0.001 0.001 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- Promis. volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- TOTAL 6,004.6 4,573.3 4,596.3 4,675.1 6,000.6 6,662.5 7,664.2 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- In billion tenge (estimations) -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- Foreign volume 77.3 67.7 58.7 80.5 154.8 233.4 205.5 Currency % 9.4 10.9 9.4 12.7 19.4 26.8 20.6 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- GS volume 150.3 42.0 57.4 59.3 43.8 55.6 105.4 % 18.4 6.8 9.2 9.4 5.5 6.4 10.6 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- CS volume 19.2 20.9 31.9 27.2 21.2 16.4 23.3 % 2.3 3.4 5.1 4.3 2.7 1.9 2.3 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- REPO volume 571.8 489.4 477.8 465.7 579.2 565.2 662.3 % 69.9 78.9 76.4 73.6 72.5 64.9 66.5 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- IFO volume 0 0.009 0.009 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0.001 0.001 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- Promis. volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- TOTAL 818.5 619.9 625.8 632.7 799.0 870.7 996.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2005-01-06]