In December 2006 the volume of all transactions on KASE increased by 12.7% till equivalent of $23,001.8 m.

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, January 8, 07/ - In December 2006 the volume of all transactions at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) increased in dollars relative to previous month by 12.7% and made equivalent of $23,001.8 m. In tenge the increase is estimated at 12.6%, and the volume of stock exchange's transactions - at 2,940.5 bn. Relative to December in 2005 the volume of stock exchange's transactions grew 3.1 times in dollars in the described period and 3.0 times in tenge. Comparable data on turnover on KASE and its structure for December and November of 2006 are given below (GS - government issuing securities, CS - corporate issuing securities). Comparable data on turnover on KASE and its structure for December and November of 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec-2006: Nov-2006: Trend: -------------- -------------- ----------------- Market sector volume % volume % volume % --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- m. USD --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Foreign currencies sector 7,079.5 30.8 7264.0 35.6 -184.5 -2.5 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS sector 1,739.0 7.6 730.8 3.6 +1,008.2 +138.0 Foreign GS sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares sector 682.1 3.0 416.7 2.0 +265.3 +63.7 Corporate bonds sector* 242.3 1.1 170.2 0.8 +72.17 +42.4 REPO (CS and GS) total 13,258.9 57.6 11,826.8 58.0 +1,432.2 +12.1 including direct repo on GS 364.5 1.6 32.6 0.2 +331.8 +1,017.7 including. autorepo on GS 9,449.2 41.1 9,093.2 44.6 +356.1 +3.9 including direct repo on CS 1,624.6 7.1 689.9 3.4 +934.8 +135.5 including autorepo on CS 1,820.6 7.9 2,011.1 9.9 -190.5 -9.5 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- TOTAL 23,001.8 100.0 20,408.5 100.0 +2,593.4 +12.7 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- bn. tenge --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- Foreign currencies sector 904.7 30.8 929.1 35.6 -24.4 -2.6 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS sector 221.9 7.5 93.5 3.6 +128.4 +137.3 Foreign GS sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares sector 87.2 3.0 53.3 2.0 +33.85 +63.5 Corporate bonds sector* 31.0 1.1 21.8 0.8 +9.20 +42.3 REPO (CS and GS) total 1,695.7 57.7 1,512.9 58.0 +182.8 +12.1 including direct repo on GS 46.4 1.6 4.2 0.2 +42.3 +1,013.8 including. autorepo on GS 1,208.0 41.1 1,163.2 44.6 +44.8 +3.8 including direct repo on CS 207.5 7.1 88.3 3.4 +119.2 +135.1 including autorepo on CS 233.8 8.0 257.3 9.9 -23.5 -9.1 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -------- TOTAL 2,940.5 100.0 2,610.6 100.0 +329.9 +12.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * deals of the primary market and purchase-and-sale on the secondary market only [2007-01-08]