For 6 months of 2006 the volume of all transactions has grown 1.4 times relatively corresponding period of 2005 on KASE

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, July 5, 06/ - For six months of 2006 summary volume of transactions at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) in all sectors of the market has reached USD57,331.7 m. or KZT7,252.6 bn. In comparison with corresponding period of 2005 the volume of transactions grew by 40,9% in dollar and by 35.5% in tenge. Relatively previous six-monthly period (July - December of 2005) exchange turnover grew by 44.4% in dollar and 35.7% in tenge. Comparable table of indicators of the volume of deals on KASE in January - June of 2006, and also dynamics of exchange turnover structure (m. USD, if other is not specified) are given below. Evaluation was made in dollar turnover. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To corresp. period of 2005: To previous period: --------------------------- ------------------------- KASE's trend in: trend in: market Jan-Jun Jan-Jun ------------------ Jul-Dec ---------------- sector 2006 2005 m. USD % 2005 m. USD % -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Foreign 12,687.2 5,247.8 +7,439.4 +141.8 6,796.3 +5,890.9 +86.7 currencies 22.1% 12.9% 18.7% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 contracts 0% 0% 0% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan 2,189.9 2,642.7 -452.9 -17.1 2,111.5 +78.4 +3.7 GS 3.8% 6.5% 5.8% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Foreign 0.3 0 +0.3 X 0.6 -0.3 -46.3 GS 0.001% 0% 0.002% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Shares 800.1 299.8 +500.4 +166.9 740.7 +59.42 +8.02 1.4% 0.7% 2.0% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Corporate 1800.2 656.2 +1,143.9 +174.3 1059.6 +740.55 +69.89 bonds 3.1% 1.6% 2.9% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Repo (CS and 39,854.1 31,850.1 +8,004.0 +25.1 28,998.1 +10,856.0 +37.4 GS) total 69.5% 78.3% 73.0% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including repo 683.7 538.8 +144.9 +26.9 174.2 +509.5 +292.4 on GS, nego 1.2% 1.3% 0.4% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including 29,813.1 30,013.1 -200.1 -0.7 25,551.3 +4,261.8 +16.7 autorepo on GS 52.0% 73.7% 64.3% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including repo 2,947.6 786.8 +2,160.9 +274.6 1,762.0 +1,185.7 +67.3 on CS, nego 5.1% 1.93% 4.4% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ including 6,409.6 511.31 +5,898.3 +1,153.6 1,510.6 +4,899.0 +324.3 autorepo on CS 11.18% 1.26% 3.80% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ IFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds 0% 0% 0% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ Promissory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes 0% 0% 0% -------------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------- ------ TOTAL 57,331.7 40,696.6 +16,635.1 +40.9 39,706.8 +17,625.0 +44.4 100% 100% 100% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The table, containing the dynamics of indicators of exchange turnover for the last 7 months is given below, grouped by months and sectors of the market (evaluation in tenge and USD). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Market Indicator sector XII-2005 I-2006 II-2006 III-2006 IV-2006 V-2006 VI-2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. USD ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 1,800.8 1,504.4 1,848.1 2,825.4 2,406.8 2,539.3 1,563.2 currencies % 24.3 18.3 19.0 34.1 24.3 24.6 14.4 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- KGS volume 302.5 312.1 219.4 378.4 544.4 366.8 368.8 % 4.1 3.8 2.2 4.6 5.5 3.6 3.4 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0.3 0 0.022 0 0 % 0 0 0.003 0 0.0002 0 0 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- Shares volume 248.0 78.0 132.0 76.8 218.4 182.1 112.8 % 3.3 0.9 1.4 0.9 2.2 1.8 1.0 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 205.8 330.1 207.3 340.4 259.2 347.4 315.8 bonds % 2.8 4.0 2.1 4.1 2.6 3.4 2.9 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- REPO volume 4,858.2 5,990.8 7,344.2 4,657.0 6,485.5 6,888.1 8,488.4 % 65.5 72.9 75.3 56.3 65.4 66.7 78.2 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- TOTAL 7,415.3 8,215.5 9,751.3 8,277.9 9,914.2 10,323.8 10,849.0 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- bn. tenge ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- Foreign volume 240.9 199.9 242.6 363.1 303.8 311.0 186.7 currencies % 24.3 18.3 18.9 34.1 24.2 24.6 14.4 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- KGS volume 40.5 41.5 28.7 48.5 68.9 44.9 44.2 % 4.1 3.8 2.2 4.6 5.5 3.5 3.4 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- FGS volume 0 0 0 0 0.003 0 0 % 0 0 0.003 0 0.0002 0 0 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- Shares volume 33.2 10.4 17.3 9.9 27.5 22.3 13.5 % 3.3 0.9 1.4 0.9 2.2 1.8 1.0 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- Corporate volume 27.5 43.9 27.2 43.7 32.7 42.5 37.8 bonds % 2.8 4.0 2.1 4.1 2.6 3.4 2.9 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- REPO volume 650.2 796.2 964.4 599.9 820.5 843.4 1 015.6 % 65.5 72.9 75.3 56.3 65.5 66.7 78.3 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------- TOTAL 992.3 1091.9 1280.4 1065.1 1253.4 1264.1 1297.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to the tables: deals of primary market sector and purchase-and-sale in the secondary market sector only are taken into account in government securities sector (GS); in the sector of corporate issuing securities (shares and corporate bonds) deals of primary market and purchase-and-sale market sectors only are taken into account (including SBS, if they are available); repo-transactions with CS and GS are taken into account in repo sector, including automatic repo; KGS - Kazakhstan GS, FGS - foreign GS. [2006-07-05]