Within the first 10 months of 2005 volume of repo transactions on KASE reached KZT6,832.3 bn. and grew 1.5 times

/IRBIS, Ranida Gabdeyeva, November 3, 05/ - Within the first 10 months of 2005 volume of repo transactions made on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached KZT6,832.3 bn. ($51,455.9 m.) and compared to similar period of last year increased 1.53 times (1.58 times in dollar terms). In 2004 volume of transactions on KASE totaled KZT5,683.5 bn. ($42,012.0 m.). Following is the table of volumes of repo deals made on KASE in 2005 grouped by months as well as the structure of turnover and comparable data for year 2004 (m. KZT). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Repo by Automatic repo direct deals method ---------------------- -------------------- TOTAL Month CS GS CS GS repo ------------- --------- ----------- --------- --------- ----------- January 9,653.8 575,113.7 16,578.1 37,478.6 638,824.2 February 8,844.2 599,276.2 13,259.8 4,148.5 625,528.7 March 7,957.3 500,923.2 17,240.5 10,998.7 537,119.7 April 17,814.6 727,954.1 19,011.7 6,093.0 770,873.4 May 10,207.5 660,234.1 13,957.8 5,568.6 689,968.0 June 12,683.1 883,187.8 23,429.0 6,106.9 925,406.8 July 18,336.9 681,892.0 28,881.4 3,176.5 732,286.7 August 29,526.3 656,587.3 30,772.7 1,276.7 718,163.0 September 18,400.4 492,134.3 29,531.4 4,249.2 544,315.2 October 29,987.5 576,118.6 38,737.0 4,946.3 649,789.4 ------------- --------- ----------- --------- --------- ----------- Total 163,411.7 6,353,421.2 231,398.5 84,042.9 6,832,274.4 ------------- --------- ----------- --------- --------- ----------- Jan-Oct, 2004 45,052.8 3,974,842.2 72,708.9 363,363.5 4,455,967.3 Trend, times 3.63 1.60 3.18 0.23 1.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CS - corporate securities; GS - government securities. [2005-11-03]