Within the first 2 months of 2007 volume of purchase and sale transactions with shares on KASE reached $419.5 m. and grew 2.0 times

/IRBIS, Natalya Khoroshevskaya, March 2, 07/ - Within the first two months of 2007 volume of purchase and sale transactions with shares on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached equivalent of $419.5 m. (KZT52.5 bn.) and compared to the similar period of last year increased by $209.4 m. (KZT24.8 bn.) or 2,0 times (1.9 times in tenge equivalent). In 2006 volume of shares purchase and sale deals on KASE, including offering and subscription on the secondary market via the trading system of KASE (shares KAZAKHMYS PLС) was the equivalent of USD4,026.6 m. or KZT511.0 bn. Following is the table of volumes of shares deals made on KASE in 2007 grouped by months as well as the structure of turnover and comparable data for year 2006(th. USD). --------------------------------------------------------- Sector of the exchange's share market --------------------------------- secondary market primary ------------------------ Month market SBS purchase-sale Total ------------- ------- --------- ------------- ------- January 0 206,880.8 206,880.8 0 February 0 212,625.3 212,625.3 0 ------------- ------- --------- ------------- ------- Total 0 419,506.1 419,506.1 0 ------------- ------- --------- ------------- ------- Jan-Feb, 2006 6,855.3 203,216.4 210,071.6 6,855.3 Trend, times Х 2.1 2.0 Х --------------------------------------------------------- [2007-03-02]