In June of 2007 volume of all transactions at KASE, including STF RFCA increased by 42.7% (44.7%) to equivalent of $35,410.7 m. (KZT4,321.5 bn.)

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, July 6, 07/ - In June 2007 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE), including special trade floor of regional financial center of Almaty (STF RFCA) in dollar expression increased relatively to the previous month by 42.7% and made the equivalent of $35,410.7 m. In tenge equivalent the growth is estimated at 44.7% and the volume of exchange operations - 4,321.5 bn. Relative to June 2006 the volume of exchange turnover in described month has increased 3.26 times in dollar and 3.3 times in tenge equivalent. The specified volume of exchange deals is the highest monthly turnover of KASE for the whole history of its existence. Previous record - $27.9 bn. or KZT3,035.8 bn. - was fixed on KASE in April of the current year. Following is the comparative data on turnover on KASE and its structure for June and May 2007 (GS - governmental securities, CS - corporate securities, STF RFCA - special trading floor of regional financial center of Almaty). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June -2007: May-2007: Trend: -------- ----- -------- ------ --------- -------- Market sector Volume % volume % volume % ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ --------- -------- Estimation in millions of US dollars ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ --------- -------- Foreign currencies 10,318.6 29.1 7,130.3 28.7 +3,188.3 +44.7 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 780.5 2.2 675.4 2.7 +105.1 +15.6 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 2,931.0 8.3 487.0 2.0 +2,444.1 +501.9 inc. on STF RFCA 0.205 0.001 0.216 0.001 -0.011 -4.9 Corporate bonds* 597.2 1.7 288.5 1.2 +308.7 +107.0 inc. on STF RFCA 343.7 0.971 0 0 +343.7 X Repo (CS and GSC) totally 20,783.4 58.7 16,241.7 65.4 +4,541.7 +28.0 inc. direct repo on GS 196.4 0.6 16.9 0.0680 +179.6 +1,064.0 inc. autorepo on GS 15,733.4 44.4 12,934.1 52.1 +2,799.3 +21.6 inc. direct repo on CS 3,145.6 8.9 1,230.6 5.0 +1,914.9 +155.6 inc. autorepo on CS 1,708.0 4.8 2,060.0 8.3 -352.0 -17.1 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ --------- -------- TOTAL 35,410.7 100.0 24,822.8 100.0 +10,587.9 +42.7 в т.ч. СТП РФЦА 343.9 0.97% 0.216 <0.01% +343.7 >1,000 ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ --------- -------- Оценка в млрд тенге , , , , , , ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ --------- -------- Foreign currencies 1,259.1 29.1 858.1 28.7 +401.0 +46.7 Future contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 95.1 2.2 81.6 2.7 +13.5 +16.6 Foreign GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shares* 358.5 8.3 58.5 2.0 +300.0 +512.8 inc. on STF RFCA 0.025 0.001 0.026 0.001 -0.001 -3.7 Corporate bonds* 72.7 1.7 34.9 1.2 +37.8 +108.4 inc. on STF RFCA 41.86 0.97 0 0 +41.9 X Repo (CS and GSC) totally 2,536.1 58.7 1,953.2 65.4 +582.8 +29.8 inc. direct repo on GS 24.0 0.6 2.0 0.1 +21.9 +1,081.2 inc. autorepo on GS 1,919.2 44.4 1,555.3 52.1 +363.9 +23.4 inc. direct repo on CS 384.6 8.9 148.2 5.0 +236.4 +159.5 inc. autorepo on CS 208.4 4.8 247.8 8.3 -39.4 -15.9 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------- -------- ----- -------- ------ --------- -------- TOTAL 4,321.5 100.0 2,986.3 100.0 +1,335.2 +44.7 в т.ч. СТП РФЦА 41.9 0.97% 0.026 <0.01% +41.9 >1,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Only deals of primary market and purchase-sale on secondary market. [2007-07-06]