For the first 4 months of 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA, made $24,822.8 m. (KZT2,986.3 bn.) and decreased 0.3% (1.6%) times relative to corresponding period of 2006

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, June 6, 07/ - For the first 4 months of 2007 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE), including special trading floor of regional financial center of Almaty (STF RFCA) decreased in dollar expression relative to previous month by 0.3% and made the equivalent $24,822.8 m. In tenge equivalent the decrease is estimated at 1.6%, and volume of exchange operations - 2,986.3 bn. Relative to May 2006 volume of exchange operations in described month increased 2.40 times in dollar and 2.36 times in tenge equivalents. Following is the comparative data of turnover on KASE and its structure for May and April 2007 (GS - governmental issued securities, CS - corporate issued securities, STF RFA - special trade floor of regional financial center of Almaty). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May-2007: April-2007: Trend: --------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market sector volume % volume % volume % --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ -------- ------ Estimation in m. US dollars --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ -------- ------ Foreign currencies 7,130.3 28.7 5,896.5 23.7 +1,233.8 +20.9 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 675.4 2.7 628.0 2.5 +47.4 +7.6 Foreign GS 0 0 0.264 0.001 -0.264 -100.0 Shares* 487.0 2.0 348.5 1.4 +138.4 +39.7 Including on STF RFCA 0.216 0.001 0.024 0.0001 +0.192 +816.1 Corporate bonds* 288.5 1.2 247.9 1.0 +40.7 +16.4 Including on STF RFCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Repo (CS and GS) total 16,241.7 65.4 17,766.6 71.4 -1,524.9 -8.6 inc. direct repo on GS 16.9 0.1 56.3 0.2263 -39.4 -70.0 inc. autorepo on GS 12,934.1 52.1 13,897.1 55.8 -963.0 -6.9 inc. direct repo on CS 1,230.6 5.0 1,021.3 4.1 +209.3 +20.5 inc. autorepo on CS 2,060.0 8.3 2,791.9 11.2 -731.9 -26.2 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ -------- ------ TOTAL 24,822.8 100.0 24,887.7 100.0 -64.9 -0.3 inc. on STF RFCA 0.216 0.001 0.024 0.0001 +0.192 +816.1 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ -------- ------ Estimation in bn. tenge --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ -------- ------ Foreign currencies 858.1 28.7 719.5 23.7 +138.6 +19.3 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 81.6 2.7 76.5 2.5 +5.1 +6.7 Foreign GS 0 0 0.03 0.001 -0.03 -100.0 Shares* 58.5 2.0 42.4 1.4 +16.1 +37.8 Including on STF RFCA 0.026 0.001 0.003 0.0001 +0.023 +805.4 Corporate bonds* 34.9 1.2 30.2 1.0 +4.7 +15.6 Including on STF RFCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Repo (CS and GS) total 1,953.2 65.4 2,167.1 71.4 -213.9 -9.9 inc. direct repo on GS 2.0 0.1 6.9 0.2 -4.9 -70.5 inc. autorepo on GS 1,555.3 52.1 1,694.1 55.8 -138.9 -8.2 inc. direct repo on CS 148.2 5.0 124.7 4.1 +23.5 +18.9 inc. autorepo on CS 247.8 8.3 341.5 11.2 -93.7 -27.4 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ -------- ------ TOTAL 2,986.3 100.0 3,035.8 100.0 -49.4 -1.6 inc. on STF RFCA 0.026 0.001 0.003 0.0001 +0.023 +805.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Only deals of primary market and purchase-sale on secondary market. [2007-06-06]