In February of 2006 volume of all transactions on KASE grew by 18.7% to the equivalent of $9,751.3 m.

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, March 6, 06/ - In February of 2006 total volume of transactions made on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) grew by 18.7% in terms of dollar relative to previous month to the equivalent of $9,751.3 m. In tenge equivalent it grew by 17.3%, and volume of exchange's transactions - by KZT1,280.4 bn. Compared to February of 2005 volume of transactions has increased 1.67 times measured in dollars and 1.68 times measured in tenge. Comparative table on turnover on KASE and its structure in February and January of 2006. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- February-2006: January-2006: Trend -------------- -------------- --------------- Market sector volume % volume % volume % ---------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ----- m. USD ---------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ----- Foreign currencies 1,848.1 19.0 1,504.4 18.3 +343.7 +22.8 Futures contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 219.4 2.2 312.1 3.8 -92.7 -29.7 Foreign GS* 0.3 0.003 0 0 +0.3 X Shares 132.0 1.4 78.0 0.9 +54.0 +69.2 Corporate bonds 207.3 2.1 330.1 4.0 -122.8 -37.2 REPO (CS and GS) total 7,344.2 75.3 5,990.8 72.9 +1,353.4 +22.6 inc. nego repo on GS 215.8 2.2 123.5 1.5 +92.3 +74.8 inc. autorepo on GS 6,007.7 61.6 5,056.9 61.6 +950.8 +18.8 inc. nego repo on CS 459.0 4.7 244.3 3.0 +214.7 +87.9 inc. autorepo on CS 661.7 6.8 566.2 6.9 +95.5 +16.9 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ----- TOTAL 9,751.3 100.0 8,215.5 100.0 +1,535.8 +18.7 ---------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ----- bn. KZT ---------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ----- Foreign currencies 242.6 18.9 199.9 18.3 +42.7 +21.4 Futures contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 28.7 2.2 41.5 3.8 -12.8 -30.8 Foreign GS* 0.04 0.003 0 0 +0.04 X Shares 17.3 1.4 10.4 0.9 +7.0 +67.0 Corporate bonds 27.2 2.1 43.9 4.0 -16.6 -38.0 REPO (CS and GS) total 964.4 75.3 796.2 72.9 +168.2 +21.1 inc. nego repo on GS 28.3 2.2 16.4 1.5 +11.9 +73.0 inc. autorepo on GS 789.1 61.6 672.1 61.6 +117.0 +17.4 inc. nego repo on CS 60.2 4.7 32.5 3.0 +27.7 +85.3 inc. autorepo on CS 86.7 6.8 75.2 6.9 +11.5 +15.3 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------------- ------- ----- ------- ----- -------- ----- TOTAL 1,280.4 100.0 1,091.9 100.0 +188.5 +17.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * only primary market deals and purchase-sale on secondary market, including SBS [2006-03-06]