In May in 2006 volume of all transactions on KASE grew by 4.5% till equivalent of $10,323.8 m.

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, June 5, 06/ - In May in 2006 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) in USD grew relatively previous month by 4.1% and made $10,323.8 m. In tenge, the growth is estimated by 1.0%, and the volume of exchange's transactions - at 1,264.1 bn. Relative to May of 2005 the volume of stock exchange's transactions for described month has increased by 50.4% in dollars and by 40.1% in tenge. Comparable data on turnover on KASE and in its structure for May and April of 2006 (GS - government issuing securities, CS - corporate issuing securities) are given below. Comparable data on turnover on KASE and its structure for May and April of 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- May-2006: April -2006: Trend: --------------- --------------- ------------- Market's sector volume % volume % volume % ------------------------ -------- ----- ------- ------ ------ ----- Estimation in m. USD ------------------------ -------- ----- ------- ------ ------ ----- Foreign currency sector 2,539.3 24.6 2,406.8 24.3 +132.5 +5.5 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS sector* 366.8 3.6 544.4 5.5 -177.6 -32.6 Foreign GS sector* 0 0 0.02 0.0002 -0.02 X Shares sector 182.1 1.8 218.4 2.2 -36.2 -16.6 Corporate bonds sector 347.4 3.4 259.2 2.6 +88.2 +34.0 REPO (CS and GS) total 6,888.1 66.7 6,485.5 65.4 +402.6 +6.2 incl. GS nego repo 72.7 0.7 102.9 1.0 -30.2 -29.3 incl. GS autorepo 4,940.5 47.9 4,568.6 46.1 +371.9 +8.1 incl. CS nego repo 489.5 4.7 517.9 5.2 -28.5 -5.5 incl. CS autorepo 1,385.4 13.4 1,296.0 13.1 +89.4 +6.9 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------ -------- ----- ------- ------ ------ ----- TOTAL 10,323.8 100.0 9,914.2 100.0 +409.6 +4.1 ------------------------ -------- ----- ------- ------ ------ ----- Estimation in m. KZT ------------------------ -------- ----- ------- ------ ------ ----- Foreign currency sector 311.0 24.6 303.8 24.2 +7.2 +2.4 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS sector* 44.9 3.5 68.9 5.5 -24.0 -34.9 Foreign GS sector* 0 0 0.003 0.0002 -0.003 X Shares sector 22.3 1.8 27.5 2.2 -5.20 -18.9 Corporate bonds sector 42.5 3.4 32.7 2.6 +9.8 +30.2 REPO (CS and GS) total 843.4 66.7 820.5 65.5 +22.9 +2.8 incl. GS nego repo 9.0 0.7 13.0 1.0 -4.0 -31.1 incl. GS autorepo 604.5 47.8 578.3 46.1 +26.2 +4.5 incl. CS nego repo 60.0 4.7 65.5 5.2 -5.4 -8.3 incl. CS autorepo 169.9 13.4 163.8 13.1 +6.1 +3.7 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------ -------- ----- ------- ------ ------ ----- TOTAL 1,264.1 100.0 1,253.4 100.0 +10.7 +0.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * only deals of the primary market and purchase-sale in the secondary market, including SBS [2006-06-05]