Volume of purchase and sale transactions in corporate bonds on KASE, including STF RFCA, falls 57.0% to $578.7 m. (KZT69.7 bn.) in initial four months of 2008

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, May 6, 08/ - For the initial 4 months of 2008 the volume of purchase and sale transactions with corporate bonds made on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including deals on the special trading floor of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty (STF RFCA), reached an equivalent of $578.7 m. (KZT69.7 bn.). Falling by $767.8 m. or 57.0%. compared to the corresponding period of the last year. The trend is estimated at KZT97.2 bn. or by 58.2% in tenge equivalent. In 2007 the volume of purchase and sale deals with corporate bonds on KASE, including deals on SRF RFCA, made the equivalent of USD4,302.5 m. or KZT526.3 bn. Below is the table of volumes of deals with corporate bonds made on KASE in 2008, grouped by months as well as the structure of turnover and comparable data for 2007 (th. USD). ------------------------------------------------------------ Sector of the exchange share market ----------------------------------- Month primary market purchase-sale Total ------------ ------------------ ---------------- ----------- January 0 103,289.9 103,289.9 February 0 191,398.1 191,398.1 March 0 95,381.8 95,381.8 April 0 188,671.3 188,671.3 ------------ ------------------ ---------------- ----------- Total 0 578,741.2 578,741.2 including 0 7,063.5 7,063.5 STF RFCA ------------ ------------------ ---------------- ----------- Jan-Apr 2007 2,620.1 1,343,894.8 1,346,514.9 Trend, % Х -56.9 -57.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-05-06]