Within two months of 2005 volume of all transactions at KASE grew 1.7 times in dollar equivalent relative to corresponding period of 2004

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, March 3, 05/ - In February of 2005 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $12,066.4 m. or KZT1,570.0 bn. Compared to similar period of 2004 volume of transactions increased 1.7 times measured in dollars and 1.59 times measured in tenge. Relative to previous period - November - December of 2004 - stock exchange's turnover has decreased by 15.8 times measured in dollars and 15.9 % 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. Rel. to previous period: to corr. period of 2003: Rel. to previous period: ------------------------ ------------------------ Market's trend in: trend in: sector of Jan-Feb Jan-Feb --------------- Nov-Dec -------------- KASE 2005 2004 m. USD % 2004 m. USD % ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- Foreign 1,180.1 1 149.3 +30.8 +2.7 3,365.8 -2,185.7 -64.9 currencies 9.8% 16.2% 23.5% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- Futures 0 0.032 -0.032 -100 0 0 Х contracts 0% 0.0005% 0% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- GS 871.4 695.2 +176.1 +25.3 1,235.7 -364.4 -29.5 7.2% 9.8% 8.6% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- CS 297.2 202.8 +94.3 +46.5 305.1 -7.96 -2.61 2.5% 2.9% 2.1% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- Repo (CS and 9,717.8 5,025.8 +4,692.0 +93.4 9,420.0 +297.8 +3.2 GS) total 80.5% 71.1% 65.8% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- inc. repo on 320.1 405.8 -85.7 -21.1 965.8 -645.6 -66.9 GS, Direct 2.7% 5.7% 6.7% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- inc. auto- 9,026.1 4,501.2 +4,525.0 +100.5 8,142.1 +884.0 +10.9 repo on GS 74.8% 63.6% 56.8% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- inc. repo on 229.3 93.8 +135.5 +144.4 190.9 +38.4 +20.1 CS, Direct 1.9% 1.33% 1.3% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- inc. auto- 142.1 24.94 +117.2 +469.9 121.2 +21.0 +17.3 repo on CS 1.2% 0.4% 0.9% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Х 0% 0% 0% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- TOTAL 12,066.4 7,073.1 +4,993.2 +70.6 14,326.7 -2,260.3 -15.8 100% 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 VIII-2004 IX-2004 X-2004 XI-2004 XII-2004 I-2005 II-2005 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- million US dollars ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Foreign Volume 431.0 595.8 1,164.5 1,785.0 1,580.8 562.4 617.7 currencies % 9.4 12.7 19.4 26.8 20.6 9.1 10.5 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Futures Volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- GS Volume 421.4 438.1 329.1 424.9 810.8 531.9 339.5 % 9.2 9.4 5.5 6.4 10.6 8.6 5.8 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- CS Volume 234.1 201.2 159.2 125.9 179.3 179.2 117.9 % 5.1 4.3 2.7 1.9 2.3 2.9 2.0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- REPO volume 3,509.8 3,440.0 4,347.9 4,326.6 5,093.3 4,910.0 4,807.8 % 76.4 73.6 72.5 64.9 66.5 79.4 81.7 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- IFO volume 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0.001 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL 4,596.3 4,675.1 6,000.6 6,662.5 7,664.2 6,183.5 5,882.9 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- billion tenge ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Foreign volume 58.7 80.5 154.8 233.4 205.5 73.2 80.4 currencies % 9.4 12.7 19.4 26.8 20.6 9.1 10.5 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- GS volume 57.4 59.3 43.8 55.6 105.4 69.3 44.2 % 9.2 9.4 5.5 6.4 10.6 8.6 5.8 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- CS volume 31.9 27.2 21.2 16.4 23.3 23.3 15.3 % 5.1 4.3 2.7 1.9 2.3 2.9 2.0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- REPO volume 477.8 465.7 579.2 565.2 662.3 638.8 625.5 % 76.4 73.6 72.5 64.9 66.5 79.4 81.7 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- IFO volume 0.009 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0.001 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL 625.8 632.7 799.0 870.7 996.5 804.6 765.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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