In 2 months of 2006 volume of all transactions on KASE grew 1.5 times in comparison with similar period of 2005

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, March 6, 06/ - In the first two months of 2006 total volume of transactions made in all sectors of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $17,966.8 m. or KZT2,372.3 bn. Compared to similar period of 2005 volume of transactions has increased 1.49 times measured in dollars and 1.51 times measured in tenge. Relative to previous two-month period (November - December of 2005) stock exchange's turnover has increased by 34.4% measured in dollars and 32.5% measured in tenge. Following is the comparative table of volumes of deals made on KASE in January-February of 2006, as well as dynamics of the turnover structure of the exchange's market (m. USD, unless otherwise specified). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rel. to corr. period of 2005: Rel. to previous period: ------------------------- ------------------------ Market's Jan- trend in: trend in: sector of Feby Jan-Feb ---------------- Nov-Dec --------------- KASE 2006 2005 m. USD % 2005 m. USD % ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ Foreign 3,352.5 1,180.1 +2,172.4 +184.1 2,740.9 +611.6 +22.3 currencies 18.7% 9.8% 19.6% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 contracts 0% 0% , , 0% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ Kazakhstan 531.5 871.4 -339.9 -39.0 494.9 +36.6 +7.4 GS 3.0% 7.2% 3.5% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ Foreign 0.3 0 +0.3 X 0.6 -0.3 -50.1 GS 0.002% 0% 0.004% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ Shares 210.1 57.4 +152.7 +266.2 361.3 -151.2 -41.9 1.2% 0.5% 2.6% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ Corporate 537.5 239.8 +297.7 ,+124.1 374.9 +162.56 +43.36 bonds 3.0% 2.0% 2.7% Repo (CS and 13,335.1 9,717.8 +3,617.3 +37.2 10,003.3 +3,331.7 +33.3 GS) total 74.2% 80.5% 71.6% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ inc. repo on 339.3 320.1 +19.2 +6.0 1,085.8 -746.5 -68.7 GS, nego 1.9% 2.7% 7.8% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ inc. auto- 11,064.6 9,026.1 +2,038.5 +22.6 8,560.1 +2,504.6 +29.3 repo on GS 61.6% 74.8% 61.2% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ inc. repo on 703.2 229.3 +473.9 +206.6 215.3 +487.9 +226.6 CS, nego 3.9% 1.90% 1.5% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ inc. auto- 1,227.9 142.15 +1,085.7 +763.8 142.1 +1,085.8 +764.2 repo on CS 6.83% 1.18% 1.02% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% 0% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% 0% ---------------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- ------ TOTAL 17,966.8 12,066.4 +5,900.5 +48.9 13,975.9 +3,991.0 +28.6 100% 100% 100% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following is the table with the dynamics of the exchange's turnover for the last 7 months, which is grouped by months and market sectors (both in KZT and USD). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Market Indica- sector tor VIII-2005 IX-2005 X-2005 XI-2005 XII-2005 I-2006 II-2006 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- m. USD ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Foreign volume 818.9 1,160.5 905.2 940.1 1,800.8 1,504.4 1,848.1 currencies % 12.0 19.6 14.0 15.8 24.3 18.3 19.0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Kazakhstan volume 384.7 440.9 482.5 192.4 302.5 312.1 219.4 GS % 5.6 7.5 7.4 3.2 4.1 3.8 2.2 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Foreign volume 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0.3 GS % 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 0.003 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Shares volume 132.8 84.0 60.6 113.3 248.0 78.0 132.0 % 1.9 1.4 0.9 1.9 3.3 0.9 1.4 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Corporate volume 203.4 172.2 184.5 169.1 205.8 330.1 207.3 bonds % 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 4.0 2.1 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- REPO volume 5,299.7 4,054.2 4,854.1 4,534.0 4,858.2 5,990.8 7,344.2 % 77.5 68.6 74.8 76.2 65.5 72.9 75.3 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL 6,839.4 5,911.7 6,486.9 5,948.9 7,415.3 8,215.5 9,751.3 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- bn. KZT ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Foreign volume 111.0 155.7 121.1 126.1 240.9 199.9 242.6 currencies % 12.0 19.6 14.0 15.8 24.3 18.3 18.9 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Futures volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Kazakhstan volume 52.1 59.2 64.6 25.8 40.5 41.5 28.7 GS % 5.6 7.5 7.4 3.2 4.1 3.8 2.2 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Foreign volume 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 GS % 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 0.003 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Shares volume 18.0 11.3 8.1 15.2 33.2 10.4 17.3 % 1.9 1.4 0.9 1.9 3.3 0.9 1.4 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Corporate volume 27.6 23.1 24.7 22.7 27.5 43.9 27.2 bonds % 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 4.0 2.1 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- REPO volume 718.2 544.3 649.8 608.0 650.2 796.2 964.4 % 77.5 68.6 74.8 76.2 65.5 72.9 75.3 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- IFO volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonds % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Promissory volume 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 notes % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL 926.8 793.6 868.3 797.7 992.3 1091.9 1280.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: in Government securities (GS) sector only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale on the secondary market are considered; in corporate securities (CS) sector only deals of the primary market and purchase and sale on the secondary market (including SBS) are considered; in REPO sector repo transactions in GS and CS are considered, including auto repo. [2006-03-06]