Within first 9 months of 2005 volume of all transactions on KASE grew 1.57 times to $60,551.7 m.

/IRBIS, Assel Omarova, October 4, 05/ - Within first nine months of 2005 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $60,551.7 m. or KZT8,037.9 bn. Compared to similar period of 2004 volume of transactions has increased 1.57 times measured in dollars and 1.52 times measured in tenge. Relative to previous nine-month period (April - December 2004) stock exchange's turnover has increased by 25.6% measured in dollars and 24.3% measured in tenge. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made on KASE as well as dynamics of the turnover structure of the exchange's market (m. USD, unless otherwise specified). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rel. to corr. period of 2004: Rel. to previous period: ------------------------- ------------------------- Market's Jan- trend in: trend in: sector of Sept Jan-Sept ---------------- Apr-Dec ---------------- KASE 2005 2004 m. USD % 2004 m. USD % ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Foreign 8,398.0 4,919.1 +3,478.9 +70.7 7,765.2 +632.8 +8.1 currencies 13.9% 12.8% 16.1% , , ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Urgent 0 0.145 -0.145 X 0 0 X contracts 0% 0.0004% 0.0% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ GS 3,776.8 3,993.8 -217.0 -5.4 4,508.9 -732.1 -16.2 6.2% 10.4% 9.4% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ CS 1,775.0 1,365.7 +409.3 +30.0 1,532.3 +242.7 +15.8 2.9% 3.5% 3.2% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 46,601.8 28,244.2 +18,357.7 +65.0 34,399.4 +12,202.4 +35.5 GS) total 77.0% 73.3% 71.4% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ inc. repo on 603.4 2,430.9 -1,827.5 -75.2 3,036.3 -2,433.0 -80.1 GS, direct 1.0% 6.3% 6.3% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ inc. auto- 43,550.5 25,088.0 +18,462.5 +73.6 30,349.1 +13,201.4 +43.5 repo on GS 71.9% 65.1% 63.0% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ inc. repo on 1,446.6 437.7 +1,008.9 +230.5 598.0 +848.6 +141.9 CS, direct 2.4% 1.14% 1.2% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ inc. auto- 1,001.4 287.58 +713.8 +248.2 416.0 +585.4 +140.7 repo on CS 1.65% 0.75% 0.86% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ IFO bonds 0.017 0.274 -0.26 -93.7 0.1 -0.12 -87.1 0.00003% 0.001% 0.0003% ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ Promissory notes 0 0 0 X 0 0 X ---------------- -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- --------- ------ TOTAL 60,551.7 38,523.2 +22,028.5 +57.2 48,206.1 +12,345.7 +25.6 100% 100% 100% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following is the table with the dynamics of the exchange's turnover within the last 8 months, which is grouped by months and market sectors (both in KZT and USD). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Market Indica- sector tor III-2005 IV-2005 V-2005 VI-2005 VII-2005 VIII-2005 IX-2005 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- million US dollars ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- Foreign Volume 787.5 755.4 823.8 1,701.0 1,170.8 818.9 1,160.5 currencies % 14.5 10.6 12.0 18.5 16.5 12.0 19.6 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- Futures Volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- GS Volume 404.5 364.4 563.7 438.7 308.5 384.7 440.9 % 7.5 5.1 8.2 4.8 4.3 5.6 7.5 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- CS Volume 126.0 132.5 226.1 174.2 226.7 336.1 256.1 % 2.3 1.9 3.3 1.9 3.2 4.9 4.3 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- REPO volume 4,110.5 5,869.3 5,248.6 6,903.9 5,397.9 5,299.7 4,054.2 % 75.7 82.4 76.5 74.9 76.0 77.5 68.6 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- IFO volume 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0.0003 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- TOTAL 5,428.6 7,121.6 6,862.1 9,217.9 7,104.0 6,839.4 5,911.7 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- billion tenge ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- Foreign volume 103.2 99.2 108.2 228.5 158.9 111.0 155.7 currencies % 14.5 10.6 12.0 18.5 16.5 12.0 19.6 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- GS volume 53.1 48.0 74.3 58.9 41.8 52.1 59.2 % 7.5 5.1 8.2 4.8 4.3 5.6 7.5 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- CS volume 16.5 17.4 29.7 23.4 30.8 45.6 34.4 % 2.3 1.9 3.3 1.9 3.2 4.9 4.3 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- REPO volume 537.1 770.9 690.0 925.4 732.3 718.2 544.3 % 75.7 82.4 76.5 74.9 76.0 77.5 68.6 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- IFO volume 0.002 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0.0003 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- TOTAL 709.9 935.4 902.1 1,236.3 963.8 926.8 793.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. [2005-10-04]