In October of 2004 volume of all transactions at KASE rose by 28.4% to the equivalent of $6,000.6 m.

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, November 8, 04/ - In October of 2004 volume of all transactions at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) rose in dollar equivalent by 28.4% in comparison with previous month to $6,000.6 m. Monthly turnover in terms of tenge increased by 26.3% to 799.0 bn. In comparison with October of 2003 volume of stock exchange's transactions has grown 2.2 times in dollar equivalent and 1.9 times in tenge equivalent. Comparative data of the turnover at KASE and its structure in October and September of 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- October-2004: September-2004: Trend: -------------- --------------- --------------- Market's sector volume % volume % volume % ------------------------- ------- ----- -------- ----- ------- ------ m. US dollars ------------------------- ------- ----- -------- ----- ------- ------ Foreign currencies sector 1,164.5 19.3 595.8 12.7 +568.8 +95.5 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 GS sector* 329.1 5.5 438.1 9.4 -109.1 -24.9 CS sector* 159.2 2.7 201.2 4.3 -42.0 -20.9 REPO (CS and GS) total 4,347.9 72.5 3,440.0 73.6 +907.8 +26.4 inc. direct repo on GS 224.1 3.7 207.9 4.4 +16.2 +7.8 inc. autorepo on GS 3,986.6 66.4 3,150.6 67.4 +836.0 +26.5 inc. direct repo on CS 94.1 1.6 40.3 0.9 +53.8 +133.4 inc. autorepo on CS 43.0 0.7 41.2 0.9 +1.8 +4.4 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------- ------- ----- -------- ----- ------- ------ TOTAL 6,000.6 100.0 4,675.1 100.0 +1325.5 +28.4 ------------------------- ------- ----- -------- ----- ------- ------ bn. KZT ------------------------- ------- ----- -------- ----- ------- ------ Foreign currencies sector 154.8 19.4 80.5 12.7 +74.2 +92.2 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 GS sector* 43.8 5.5 59.3 9.4 -15.4 -26.0 CS sector* 21.2 2.7 27.2 4.3 -6.0 -22.1 REPO (CS and GS) total 579.2 72.5 465.7 73.6 +113.5 +24.4 inc. direct repo on GS 29.8 3.7 28.1 4.4 +1.7 +6.0 inc. autorepo on GS 531.1 66.5 426.5 67.4 +104.6 +24.5 inc. direct repo on CS 12.5 1.6 5.5 0.9 +7.1 +129.5 inc. autorepo on CS 5.7 0.7 5.6 0.9 +0.2 +3.1 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------- ------- ----- -------- ----- ------- ------ TOTAL 799.0 100.0 632.7 100.0 +166.3 +26.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale at the secondary market, including SBS [2004-11-08]