/IRBIS, Assel Omarova, July 4, 06/ - For the first six months of 2006 volume of corporate bonds purchase and sale transactions made on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE), including initial offerings and state blocks of shares (SBS) trade, reached equivalent of $1,800.2 m. (KZT227.8 bn.) and compared to similar period of last year increased by $84.3 m. (in tenge equivalent decreased by KZT916.7 m.) or by 4.9% (in tenge equivalent - fall by 0.4%).

In 2005 volume of corporate bonds purchase and sale deals on KASE was the equivalent of USD1,715.8 m. or KZT228.7 bn.

Following is the table of volumes of shares deals made on KASE in 2006 grouped by months as well as the structure of turnover and comparable data for year 2005 (th. USD).

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                                        Sector
                of the exchange's share market
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Month            primary market  purchase-sale        Total
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January                 9,193.6      320,955.9    330,149.6
February                      0      207,317.8    207,317.8
March                   1,953.4      338,435.9    340,389.3
April                  40,183.7      218,975.7    259,159.4
May                        98.4      347,275.3    347,373.6
June                   14,893.6      300,867.1    315,760.7
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Total                  66,322.7    1,733,827.7  1,800,150.4
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Jan-June, 2005         61,799.1    1,654,021.4  1,715,820.5
Trend, times               1.07           1.05         1.05
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[2006-07-04]