In the first 2 months of 2006 volume of repo transactions on KASE reached KZT1,760.6 bn. and grew 1.4 times

/IRBIS, Valeriy Khegay, March 3, 05/ - In the first two months of 2006 volume of repo transactions made on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached KZT1,760.6 bn. ($13,335.1 m.) and compared to similar period of last year increased 1.39 times (1.37 times in dollar terms). In 2005 volume of transactions on KASE did not exceed KZT8,090.4 bn. ($60,848.2 m.). Following is the table of volumes of repo deals made on KASE in 2006 grouped by months as well as the structure of turnover and comparable data for year 2005 (m. KZT). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repo by Automatic repo nego deals method ---------------------- ------------------ TOTAL Month CS GS CS GS repo ------------- --------- ----------- -------- -------- ----------- January 75,233.1 672,116.2 32,506.8 16,354.0 796,210.1 February 86,730.1 789,145.3 60,247.5 28,293.6 964,416.6 ------------- --------- ----------- -------- -------- ----------- Total 161,963.3 1,461,261.5 92,754.3 44,647.6 1,760,626.7 ------------- --------- ----------- -------- -------- ----------- Jan-Feb, 2005 18,498.1 1,174,390.0 29,837.8 41,627.1 1,264,352.9 Trend, times 8.76 1.24 3.11 1.07 1.39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CS - corporate securities; GS - government securities. [2006-03-03]