In April of 2006 volume of all transactions on KASE grew by 19.8% to the equivalent of $9,914.2 m.

/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, May 5, 06/ - In April of 2006 total volume of transactions made on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) grew by 19.8% in terms of dollar relative to previous month to the equivalent of $9,914.2 m. In tenge equivalent it grew by 17.7 %, and volume of exchange's transactions - by KZT1, 253.4 bn. Compared to April of 2005 volume of transactions has increased 1.4 times measured in dollars and 1.3 times measured in tenge. Comparative table on turnover on KASE and its structure for April and March of 2006. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- April-2006: March-2006: Trend --------------- -------------- ---------------- Market sector volume % volume % volume % ---------------------- ------- ------ ------- ----- -------- ------ m. USD 2 406.8 24.3 2 825.4 34.1 -418.7 -14.8 ---------------------- ------- ------ ------- ----- -------- ------ Foreign currencies 2 406.8 24.3 2 825.4 34.1 -418.7 -14.8 Futures contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 544.4 5.5 378.4 4.6 +166.0 +43.9 Foreign GS* 0.02 0.0002 0 0 +0.02 X Shares 218.4 2.2 76.8 0.9 +141.6 +184.5 Corporate bonds 259.2 2.6 340.4 4.1 -81.2 -23.9 REPO (CS and GS) total 6 485.5 65.4 4 657.0 56.3 +1 828.5 +39.3 inc. nego repo on GS 102.9 1.0 122.2 1.5 -19.3 -15.8 inc. autorepo on GS 4 568.6 46.1 3 148.3 38.0 +1 420.3 +45.1 inc. nego repo on CS 517.9 5.2 513.7 6.2 +4.2 +0.8 inc. autorepo on CS 1 296.0 13.1 872.8 10.5 +423.2 +48.5 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------------- ------- ------ ------- ----- -------- ------ TOTAL 9 914.2 100.0 8 277.9 100.0 +1 636.3 +19.8 ---------------------- ------- ------ ------- ----- -------- ------ bn. KZT ---------------------- ------- ------ ------- ----- -------- ------ Foreign currencies 303.8 24.2 363.1 34.1 -59.3 -16.3 Futures contracts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan GS* 68.9 5.5 48.5 4.6 +20.3 +41.8 Foreign GS* 0.003 0.0002 0 0 +0.003 X Shares 27.5 2.2 9.9 0.9 +17.6 +178.7 Corporate bonds 32.7 2.6 43.7 4.1 -11.0 -25.2 REPO (CS and GS) total 820.5 65.5 599.9 56.3 +220.6 +36.8 inc. nego repo on GS 13.0 1.0 15.8 1.5 -2.8 -17.7 inc. autorepo on GS 578.3 46.1 405.4 38.1 +172.9 +42.6 inc. nego repo on CS 65.5 5.2 66.2 6.2 -0.7 -1.1 inc. autorepo on CS 163.8 13.1 112.5 10.6 +51.3 +45.5 IFO bonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promissory notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------------- ------- ------ ------- ----- -------- ------ TOTAL 1 253.4 100.0 1 065.1 100.0 +188.2 +17.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * only primary market deals and purchase-sale on secondary market, including SBS [2006-05-05]