In July of 2005 volume of all transactions on KASE fell by 22.9% to the equivalent of $7,104.0 m.

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, August 3, 05/ - In July of 2005 volume of all transactions made on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) fell in dollar equivalent by 22.9% in comparison with previous month to $7,104.0 m. In terms of tenge it fell by 22.0%, and volume of exchange's transactions - by 963.8 bn. In comparison with July of 2004 volume of stock exchange's transactions grew 1.55 times in dollar equivalent and 1.55 times in tenge equivalent. Comparative data of the turnover on KASE and its structure in July and June of 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- July-2005: June-2005: Trend: ------------- ------------- --------------- Market's sector volume % volume % volume % ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ------ m. US dollars ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ------ Foreign currencies sector 1,170.8 16.5 1701.0 18.5 -530.2 -31.2 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 GS sector* 308.5 4.3 438.7 4.8 -130.2 -29.7 CS sector* 226.7 3.2 174.2 1.9 +52.52 +30.14 REPO (CS and GS) total 5,397.9 76.0 6,903.9 74.9 -1506.0 -21.8 inc. direct repo on GS 23.4 0.3 45.5 0.5 -22.0 -48.5 inc. autorepo on GS 5,026.4 70.8 6,588.4 71.5 -1562.1 -23.7 inc. direct repo on CS 213.0 3.0 175.1 1.9 +37.8 +21.6 inc. autorepo on CS 135.1 1.9 94.9 1.0 +40.3 +42.5 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ------ TOTAL 7,104.0 100.0 9,217.9 100.0 -2,113.9 -22.9 ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ------ bn. KZT ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ------ Foreign currencies sector 158.9 16.5 228.5 18.5 -69.6 -30.5 Futures contracts sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 GS sector* 41.8 4.3 58.9 4.8 -17.1 -29.0 CS sector* 30.8 3.2 23.4 1.9 +7.36 +31.45 REPO (CS and GS) total 732.3 76.0 925.4 74.9 -193.1 -20.9 inc. direct repo on GS 3.2 0.3 6.1 0.5 -2.9 -48.0 inc. autorepo on GS 681.9 70.7 883.2 71.4 -201.3 -22.8 inc. direct repo on CS 28.9 3.0 23.4 1.9 +5.5 +23.3 inc. autorepo on CS 18.3 1.9 12.7 1.0 +5.7 +44.6 IFO bonds sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ------ TOTAL 963.8 100.0 1,236.3 100.0 -272.4 -22.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale on the secondary market, including SBS [2005-08-03]