In May of 2004 volume of all transactions at KASE rose by 2.8% to the equivalent of $4,070.4 m

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, June 4, 04/ - In May of 2004 volume of all transactions at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) rose in dollar equivalent by 2.8% in comparison with previous month to $4,070.4 m. Monthly turnover in terms of tenge rose by 2.0% to 557.9 bn. In comparison with May of 2003 volume of stock exchange's transactions rose by 81.2% in dollar equivalent and by 64.5% in tenge equivalent. Comparative data of the turnover at KASE and its structure in May and April of 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- April-2004: March-2004: Trend: -------------- -------------- -------------- Market's sector volume % volume % volume % ------------------------------------------------------------------------- m. US dollars ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Foreign currencies sector 595.9 14.6 546.1 13.8 +49.7 +9.1 Futures contracts sector 0.02 <0.01 0.01 <0.01 +0.01 +71.4 GS sector* 292.0 7.2 379.9 9.6 -87.9 -23.1 CS sector* 275.8 6.8 62.6 1.6 +213.2 +340.5 REPO (CS and GS) total 2,906.8 71.4 2,970.5 75.0 -63.7 -2.1 inc. direct repo on GS 174.8 4.3 205.8 5.2 -31.0 -15.1 inc. autorepo on GS 2,621.7 64.4 2,678.8 67.7 -57.1 -2.1 inc. direct repo on CS 66.2 1.6 58.0 1.5 +8.2 +14.0 inc. autorepo on CS 44.1 1.1 27.9 0.7 +16.3 +58.4 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 X Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 X ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 4,070.4 100.0 3,959.1 100.0 +111.3 +2.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- bn. KZT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Foreign currencies sector 81,7 14,6 75,5 13,8 +6,2 +8,3 Futures contracts sector 0,004 <0,01 0,002 <0,01 +0,002 +66,1 GS sector* 40,1 7,2 52,5 9,6 -12,4 -23,7 CS sector* 37,7 6,8 8,7 1,6 +29,0 +335,3 REPO (CS and GS) total 398,5 71,4 410,4 75,0 -11,9 -2,9 inc. direct repo on GS 23,9 4,3 28,4 5,2 -4,5 -15,8 inc. autorepo on GS 359,4 64,4 370,1 67,7 -10,7 -2,9 inc. direct repo on CS 9,1 1,6 8,0 1,5 +1,1 +13,2 inc. autorepo on CS 6,0 1,1 3,8 0,7 +2,2 +57,1 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 X Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 X ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 557,9 100,0 547,0 100,0 +10,9 +2,0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale at the secondary market, including SBS [2004-06-04]