In November of 2004 volume of all transactions at KASE rose by 11.0% to the equivalent of $6,662.5 m.

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, December 6, 04/ - In November, 2004 volume of all transactions at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) rose in dollar equivalent relative to the last month by 11.0% and reached equivalent of $6,662.5 m. Monthly turnover in terms of tenge increased by 9.0% to 870.7 bn. In comparison with November, 2003 volume of stock exchange's transactions has grown 2.4 times in dollar equivalent and 2.1 times in tenge equivalent. Comparative data of the turnover at KASE and its structure in November and October 2004. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ November-2004: October-2004: Trend: -------------- -------------- ------------- Market's sector volume % volume % volume % ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- ------ ----- m. US dollars ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- ------ ----- Foreign currencies sector 1 785.0 26.8 1164.5 19.4 +620.5 +53.3 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 GS sector* 424.9 6.4 329.1 5.5 +95.9 +29.1 CS sector* 125.9 1.9 159.2 2.7 -33.3 -20.9 REPO (CS and GS) total 4 326.6 64.9 4 347.9 72.5 -21.2 -0.5 inc. direct repo on GS 168.2 2.5 224.1 3.7 -55.9 -24.9 inc. autorepo on GS 4 002.2 60.1 3 986.6 66.4 +15.5 +0.4 inc. direct repo on CS 103.0 1.5 94.1 1.6 +8.9 +9.4 inc. autorepo on CS 53.3 0.8 43.0 0.7 +10.3 +23.9 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- ------ ----- TOTAL 6 662.5 100.0 6 000.6 100.0 +661.9 +11.0 ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- ------ ----- bn. KZT ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- ------ ----- Foreign currencies sector 233.4 26.8 154.8 19.4 +78.6 +50.8 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 GS sector* 55.6 6.4 43.8 5.5 +11.7 +26.7 CS sector* 16.4 1.9 21.2 2.7 -4.8 -22.5 REPO (CS and GS) total 565.2 64.9 579.2 72.5 -14.0 -2.4 inc. direct repo on GS 22.0 2.5 29.8 3.7 -7.9 -26.4 inc. autorepo on GS 522.8 60.1 531.1 66.5 -8.3 -1.6 inc. direct repo on CS 13.5 1.5 12.5 1.6 +0.9 +7.6 inc. autorepo on CS 7.0 0.8 5.7 0.7 +1.2 +21.3 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- ------ ----- TOTAL 870.7 100.0 799.0 100.0 +71.6 +9.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale at the secondary market, including SBS [2004-12-06]