Within the first 6 months of 2007 volume of repo transactions on KASE reached KZT12,424.5 bn. ($100,971.8 m.) and grew 2.5 times

/IRBIS, Valeriy Khegay, July 3, 07/ - Within the first six months of 2007 volume of repo transactions made on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached KZT12,424.5 bn. ($100,971.8 m.) and compared to similar period of last year increased 2.47 times (2.53 times in dollar terms). In 2006 volume of corresponding transactions on KASE totaled KZT14,345.3 bn. ($113,985.1 m.). Following is the table of volumes of repo deals made on KASE in 2007 grouped by months as well as the structure of turnover and comparable data for year 2006 (m. KZT). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Repo Automatic repo by nego deals method ----------------------- -------------------- TOTAL Month CS GS CS GS repo ------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ January 248,842.1 1,611,819.9 124,003.4 47,646.4 2,032,311.8 February 248,842.2 1,697,546.3 84,886.9 6,207.4 2,037,482.8 March 376,271.5 1,175,169.5 138,378.0 8,396.0 1,698,215.0 April 341,459.5 1,694,110.9 124,674.4 6,879.9 2,167,124.7 May 247,765.2 1,555,255.5 148,198.7 2,029.2 1,953,248.4 June 208,351.4 1,919,195.3 384,555.6 23,967.7 2,536,070.0 ------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ Total 1,671,531.8 9,653,097.4 1,004,697.0 95,126.6 12,424,452.7 ------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ Jan-Jun, 2006 803,042.7 3,778,005.0 370,991.5 87,972.0 5,040,011.2 Trend, times 2.08 2.56 2.71 1.08 2.47 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CS - corporate securities; GS - government securities. [2007-07-03]