Within three 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, May 5, 05/ - In April of 2005 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $24,616.6 m. or KZT3,215.3 bn. Compared to similar period of 2004 volume of transactions has increased 1.69 times measured in dollars and 1.58 times measured in tenge. Relative to previous period - September - December of 2004 - stock exchange's turnover has decreased by 1.5% measured in dollars and 2.5% measured in tenge. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made at KASE as well as dynamics of the turnover structure of the exchange's market (m. USD, unless otherwise specified). ---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Rel. Rel. to corr. period of 2004: to previous period: ------------------------- ------------------------ Market's trend in: trend in: sector of Jan-Apr Jan-Apr ---------------- Sep-Dec --------------- KASE 2005 2004 m. USD % 2004 m. USD % ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------- -------- -------- ------ Foreign 2,723.0 2,230.4 +492.6 +22.1 5,126.1 -2,403.1 -46.9 currencies 11.1% 15.3% 20.5% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ Futures 0 0.116 -0.116 -100.0 0 0 Х contracts 0% 0.0008% 0% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ GS 1,640.3 1,429.6 +210.7 +14.7 2,002.9 -362.6 -18.1 6.7% 9.8% 8.0% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ CS 555.7 360.3 +195.4 +54.2 665.4 -109.76 -16.49 2.3% 2.5% 2.7% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ Repo (CS and 19,697.6 10,583.0 +9,114.5 +86.1 17,207.9 +2,489.7 +14.5 GS) total 80.0% 72.5% 68.8% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ inc. repo on 451.0 790.2 -339.2 -42.9 1,397.7 -946.7 -67.7 GS, direct 1.8% 5.4% 5.6% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ inc. auto- 18,402.3 9,546.4 +8,855.9 +92.8 15,279.4 +3,122.9 +20.4 repo on GS 74.8% 65.4% 61.1% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ inc. repo on 505.6 182.8 +322.9 +176.7 325.4 +180.3 +55.4 CS, direct 2.1% 1.25% 1.3% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ inc. auto- 338.7 63.68 +275.0 +431.8 205.4 +133.3 +64.9 repo on CS 1.38% 0.436% 0.82% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ IFO bonds 0.017 0.140 -0.12 -87.7 0 +0.02 Х 0% 0.001% 0% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 X ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- ------ TOTAL 24,616.6 14,603.6 +10,013.0 +68.6 25,002.3 -385.8 -1.5 100% 100% 100% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following is the table with the dynamics of the exchange's turnover within the last 7 months, which is grouped by months and market sectors (both in KZT and USD). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Market Indica- sector Tor X-2004 XI-2004 XII-2004 I-2005 II-2005 III-2005 IV-2005 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- million US dollars ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Foreign Volume 1,164.5 1,785.0 1,580.8 562.4 617.7 787.5 755.4 currencies % 19.4 26.8 20.6 9.1 10.5 14.5 10.6 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Futures Volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- GS Volume 329.1 424.9 810.8 531.9 339.5 404.5 364.4 % 5.5 6.4 10.6 8.6 5.8 7.5 5.1 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- CS Volume 159.2 125.9 179.3 179.2 117.9 126.0 132.5 % 2.7 1.9 2.3 2.9 2.0 2.3 1.9 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- REPO volume 4,347.9 4,326.6 5,093.3 4,910.0 4,807.8 4,110.5 5,869.3 % 72.5 64.9 66.5 79.4 81.7 75.7 82.4 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0.02 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0.0003 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- TOTAL 6,000.6 6,662.5 7,664.2 6,183.5 5,882.9 5,428.6 7,121.6 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- billion tenge ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Foreign volume 154.8 233.4 205.5 73.2 80.4 103.2 99.2 currencies % 19.4 26.8 20.6 9.1 10.5 14.5 10.6 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- GS volume 43.8 55.6 105.4 69.3 44.2 53.1 48.0 % 5.5 6.4 10.6 8.6 5.8 7.5 5.1 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- CS volume 21.2 16.4 23.3 23.3 15.3 16.5 17.4 % 2.7 1.9 2.3 2.9 2.0 2.3 1.9 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- REPO volume 579.2 565.2 662.3 638.8 625.5 537.1 770.9 % 72.5 64.9 66.5 79.4 81.7 75.7 82.4 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0.002 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0.0003 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- TOTAL 799.0 870.7 996.5 804.6 765.4 709.9 935.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: in Government securities (GS) sector only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale on the secondary market are considered; in corporate securities (CS) sector only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale on 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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