In January of 2005 volume of all transactions at KASE grew 1.7 times relative to similar period of 2004

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, February 4, 05/ - During January of 2005 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $6,183.5 m, or KZT804.6 bn. Compared to similar period of 2004 (January), volume of transactions increased 1.68 times measured in dollars and 1.55 times measured in tenge. At the same time, relative to previous month - December of 2004 - stock exchange's turnover decreased by 19.3% measured in dollars and 19.3% measured in tenge. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE during January of 2005, as well as dynamics of the turnover structure of the Exchange's market (in million USD, unless otherwise specified). The calculation was made in terms of dollars. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rel. Relative to corr. month of 2004: to previous month: ----------------------- ----------------------- Market's trend in: trend in: sector of January January --------------- December -------------- KASE 2005 2004 m USD % 2004 m USD % ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Foreign 562.4 658.0 -95.6 -14.5 1,580.8 -1 018.4 -64.4 Currencies 9.1% 17.9% 20.6% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 Х Contracts 0% 0% 0% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- GS 531.9 426.6 +105.2 +24.7 810.8 -278.9 -34.4 8.6% 11.6% 10.6% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- CS 179.2 128.2 +51.0 +39.8 179.3 -0.04 -0.02 2.9% 3.5% 2.3% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Repo (CS and 4,910.0 2,465.4 +2,444.5 +99.2 5,093.3 -183.3 -3.6 GS) total 79.4% 67.0% 66.5% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- inc. repo on GS, 288.3 187.0 +101.2 +54.1 797.6 -509.3 -63.9 direct 4.7% 5.1% 10.4% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- inc. auto- 4,420.1 2,215.1 +2,205.0 +99.5 4,140.0 +280.1 +6.8 repo on GS 71.5% 60.2% 54.0% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- inc. repo on CS, 127.4 47.1 +80.3 +170.6 87.9 +39.5 +45.0 direct 2.1% 1.28% 1.1% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Inc. auto- 74.2 16.22 +58.0 +357.5 67.9 +6.3 +9.3 repo on CS 1.20% 0.441% 0.89% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Х 0% 0% 0% ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------- ------- ------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ----- TOTAL 6,183.5 3,678.3 +2,505.2 +68.1 7,664.2 -1,480.7 -19.3 100% 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 VII-2004 VIII-2004 IX-2004 X-2004 XI-2004 XII-2004 I-2005 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- In million US dollars ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Foreign volume 498.9 431.0 595.8 1,164.5 1,785.0 1,580.8 562.4 Currency % 10.9 9.4 12.7 19.4 26.8 20.6 9.1 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- GS volume 310.0 421.4 438.1 329.1 424.9 810.8 531.9 % 6.8 9.2 9.4 5.5 6.4 10.6 8.6 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- CS volume 153.8 234.1 201.2 159.2 125.9 179.3 179.2 % 3.4 5.1 4.3 2.7 1.9 2.3 2.9 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- REPO volume 3,610.5 3,509.8 3,440.0 4,347.9 4,326.6 5,093.3 4,910.0 % 78.9 76.4 73.6 72.5 64.9 66.5 79.4 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- IFO bonds volume 0.07 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.001 0.001 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- TOTAL 4,573.3 4,596.3 4,675.1 6,000.6 6,662.5 7,664.2 6,183.5 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- In billion tenge ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Foreign volume 67.7 58.7 80.5 154.8 233.4 205.5 73.2 Currency % 10.9 9.4 12.7 19.4 26.8 20.6 9.1 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- GS volume 42.0 57.4 59.3 43.8 55.6 105.4 69.3 % 6.8 9.2 9.4 5.5 6.4 10.6 8.6 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- CS volume 20.9 31.9 27.2 21.2 16.4 23.3 23.3 % 3.4 5.1 4.3 2.7 1.9 2.3 2.9 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- REPO volume 489.4 477.8 465.7 579.2 565.2 662.3 638.8 % 78.9 76.4 73.6 72.5 64.9 66.5 79.4 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- IFO bonds volume 0.009 0.009 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.001 0.001 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- TOTAL 619.9 625.8 632.7 799.0 870.7 996.5 804.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. [2005-02-04]