Within three months of 2005 volume of all transactions at KASE grew 1.6 times in dollar equivalent relative to corresponding period of 2004

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, April 4, 05/ - In February of 2005 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $17,495.0 m. or KZT2,279.9 bn. Compared to similar period of 2004 volume of transactions increased 1.64 times measured in dollars and 1.53 times measured in tenge. Relative to previous period - October - December of 2004 - stock exchange's turnover has decreased by 13.9% measured in dollars and 14.5% 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 2004: Rel. to previous period: ------------------------ ------------------------ Market's trend in: trend in: sector of Jan-Mar Jan-Mar --------------- Oct-Dec -------------- KASE 2005 2004 m. USD % 2004 m. USD % ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- Foreign 1 967.6 1 684.3 +283.4 +16.8 4 530.4 -2 562.8 -56.6 currencies 11.2% 15.8% 22.3% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- Futures 0 0.099 -0.099 -100 0 0 Х contracts 0% 0.0009% 0% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- GS 1 275.9 1 049.7 +226.2 +21.6 1 564.8 -288.9 -18.5 7.3% 9.9% 7.7% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- CS 423.2 297.7 +125.5 +42.1 464.3 -41.09 -8.85 2.4% 2.8% 2.3% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- Repo (CS and 13 828.3 7 612.6 +6 215.7 +81.7 13 767.8 +60.5 +0.4 GS) total 79.0% 71.5% 67.7% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- inc. repo on 404.5 584.4 -179.8 -30.8 1 189.8 -785.3 -66.0 GS, Direct 2.3% 5.5% 5.9% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- inc. auto- 12 859.6 6 867.6 +5 992.0 +87.2 12 128.8 +730.8 +6.0 repo on GS 73.5% 64.5% 59.7% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- inc. repo on 361.2 124.7 +236.5 +189.6 285.0 +76.2 +26.7 CS, Direct 2.1% 1.17% 1.4% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- inc. auto- 203.0 35.83 +167.1 +466.4 164.2 +38.7 +23.6 repo on CS 1.16% 0.337% 0.81% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- IFO bonds 0.017 0.140 -0.12 -87.7 0 +0.02 Х 0% 0.001% 0% ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- Promissory 0 0 0 0 0 0 X notes 17 495.0 10 644.4 +6 850.6 +64.4 20 327.3 -2 832.3 -13.9 ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ----- TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 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 IX-2004 X-2004 XI-2004 XII-2004 I-2005 II-2005 III-2005 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- million US dollars ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Foreign Volume 595.8 1 164.5 1 785.0 1 580.8 562.4 617.7 787.5 currencies % 12.7 19.4 26.8 20.6 9.1 10.5 14.5 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Futures Volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- GS Volume 438.1 329.1 424.9 810.8 531.9 339.5 404.5 % 9.4 5.5 6.4 10.6 8.6 5.8 7.5 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- CS Volume 201.2 159.2 125.9 179.3 179.2 117.9 126.0 % 4.3 2.7 1.9 2.3 2.9 2.0 2.3 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- REPO volume 3 440.0 4 347.9 4 326.6 5 093.3 4 910.0 4 807.8 4 110.5 % 73.6 72.5 64.9 66.5 79.4 81.7 75.7 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.02 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- TOTAL 4 675.1 6 000.6 6 662.5 7 664.2 6 183.5 5 882.9 5 428.6 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- billion tenge ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Foreign volume 80.5 154.8 233.4 205.5 73.2 80.4 103.2 currencies % 12.7 19.4 26.8 20.6 9.1 10.5 14.5 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- GS volume 59.3 43.8 55.6 105.4 69.3 44.2 53.1 % 9.4 5.5 6.4 10.6 8.6 5.8 7.5 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- CS volume 27.2 21.2 16.4 23.3 23.3 15.3 16.5 % 4.3 2.7 1.9 2.3 2.9 2.0 2.3 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- REPO volume 465.7 579.2 565.2 662.3 638.8 625.5 537.1 % 73.6 72.5 64.9 66.5 79.4 81.7 75.7 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.002 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- TOTAL 632.7 799.0 870.7 996.5 804.6 765.4 709.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2005-04-04]