In June 2006 the volume of all transactions on KASE grew by 5.1% till equivalent of $10,849.0 m.

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, July 4, 06/ - In June 2006 the volume of all transactions at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) grew in dollars relative to previous month by 5.1% and made equivalent of $10,849.0 m. In tenge the growth is estimated by 2.7%, and the volume of stock exchange's transactions - at 1,297.8 bn. Relative to June in 2005 the volume of stock exchange's transactions grew by 17.7% in dollars in the described period and by 5.0% in tenge. Comparable data on turnover on KASE and its structure for June and May of 2006 are given below (GS - government issuing securities, CS - corporate issuing securities). Comparable data on turnover on KASE and its structure for June and May of 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ June-2006: May -2006: Trend: -------------- -------------- -------------- Market sector volume % volume % volume % --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- Evaluation in m. USD --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- Foreign currencies sector 1,563.2 14.4 2539.3 24.6 -976.1 -38.4 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS sector 368.8 3.4 366.8 3.6 +2.0 +0.5 Foreign GS sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares sector 112.8 1.0 182.1 1.8 -69.4 -38.1 Corporate bonds sector* 315.8 2.9 347.4 3.4 -31.6 -9.10 REPO (CS and GS) total 8,488.4 78.2 6,888.1 66.7 +1,600.3 +23.2 including direct repo on GS 46.7 0.4 72.7 0.7 -26.0 -35.8 including. autorepo on GS 6,090.9 56.1 4,940.5 47.9 +1,150.4 +23.3 including direct repo on CS 723.3 6.7 489.5 4.7 +233.9 +47.8 including autorepo on CS 1,627.6 15.0 1,385.4 13.4 +242.1 +17.5 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- TOTAL 10,849.0 100.0 10,323.8 100.0 +525.2 +5.1 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- Evaluation in bn. tenge --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- Foreign currencies sector 186.7 14.4 311.0 24.6 -124.3 -40.0 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS sector 44.2 3.4 44.9 3.5 -0.7 -1.5 Foreign GS sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares sector 13.5 1.0 22.3 1.8 -8.8 -39.5 Corporate bonds sector* 37.8 2.9 42.5 3.4 -4.7 -11.2 REPO (CS and GS) total 1,015.6 78.3 843.4 66.7 +172.2 +20.4 including direct repo on GS 5.6 0.4 9.0 0.7 -3.4 -37.5 including. autorepo on GS 728.5 56.1 604.5 47.8 +124.0 +20.5 including direct repo on CS 86.6 6.7 60.0 4.7 +26.6 +44.2 including autorepo on CS 194.9 15.0 169.9 13.4 +25.0 +14.7 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- TOTAL 1,297.8 100.0 1,264.1 100.0 +33.7 +2.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * deals in the primary market and purchase-and-sale in the secondary market only. [2006-07-04]