In the first 6 months of 2005 volume of GS purchase and sale transactions on KASE reached KZT347.7 bn. and rose by 10.7%

/IRBIS, Assel Omarova, July 4, 05/ - In the first six months of 2005, volume of government securities (GS) purchase and sale transactions made on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE), including bonds of domestic executive bodies, reached KZT347.7 bn. ($2,642.7 m.) and increased by 10.7% relative to similar period of last year. In the whole 2004 the volume of corresponding transactions on GS on KASE was KZT753.1 bn. ($5,558.6 m.). Below is the table of volumes of GS purchase and sale deals made on KASE in 2005 grouped by months as well as the structure of the turnover and comparable data of 2004 (KZT, m.). -------------------------------------------------------- Sector of exchange's GS market ------------------------------ primary secondary market, Month floatations purchase-sale Total ------------- ----------- ----------------- --------- January 22,190.0 47,121.1 69,311.1 February 18,777.1 25,390.6 44,167.7 March 16,000.0 37,133.5 53,133.5 April 14,000.0 33,954.5 47,954.5 May 16,000.0 58,262.9 74,262.9 June 18,000.0 40,905.6 58,905.6 ------------- ----------- ----------------- --------- Total 104,967.1 242,768.2 347,735.3 ------------- ----------- ----------------- --------- Jan-Jun, 2004 0 389,576.1 389,576.1 Trend, times Х 0.62 0.89 -------------------------------------------------------- [2005-07-04]