For the first 5 months of year 2008 volume of purchase and sale transactions with shares on KASE, including STF RFCA made $1,355.6 m. (KZT163.4 bn.) and decreased by 16.8%

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, June 2, 08/ - For first 5 months of year 2008, volume of purchase and sale transactions with shares on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including deals on special trading floor of Regional financial center of Almaty (STF RFCA) made equivalent of $1,355.6 m. (KZT163.4 bn.) and decreased in relation to corresponding period of last year by $273.4 m. (KZT36.5 bn.) or 16.8 % in dollar equivalent (in tenge in 18.3%). In 2007 volume of purchase and sale transactions with shares on KASE, including deals on STF RFCA was estimated at the equivalent of $8,924.4 m. or KZT1,087.3 bn. Following is the table with the volumes of deals with shares on KASE in year 2008 grouped by months and also structure of turnover and comparable to the data of 2007 (th. USD). ------------------------------------------------- Exchange shares' market sector --------------------- Month primary secondary Total ------------- -------- ----------- ----------- January 0 219,239.3 219,239.3 February 0 245,849.6 245,849.6 March 20,819.1 246,803.3 267,622.4 April 0 118,171.4 118,171.4 ------------- -------- ----------- ----------- May 0 504,690.3 504,690.3 ------------- -------- ----------- ----------- Total 20,819.1 1,334,753.9 1,355,573.0 Inc. STF RFCA 20,819.1 153,024.6 173,843.7 ------------- -------- ----------- ----------- Jan-May 2007 0 1,629,013.0 1,629,013.0 Trend, % Х -18.1 -16.8 ------------------------------------------------- [2008-06-02]