For initial 6 months of 2008 volume of foreign exchange transactions on KASE totals $38,783.2 m. and decreases 3.29 % in dollar equivalent

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, July 1, 08/ - For initial 6 months of 2008, the volume of foreign exchange transactions concluded on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached $38,783.2 m. and decreased relatively to the corresponding period last year by $1,317.8 m. or by 3.29% in dollar equivalent. In tenge equivalent the turnover decreased by 5.15 %. The table specifies the volumes of foreign exchange transactions on KASE in 2008 grouped by months and types of currencies and comparable to the data of 2007. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total volume of trades, th. units Volume of --------------------------- Volume, equivalent, Month USD EUR RUB m. KZT th. USD ------------------ ----------- ------ -------- ----------- ------------ January 4,653,115 1,500 18,500 560,407.1 4,656,082.1 February 5,619,210 0 53,600 676,612.5 5,621,401.5 March 6,129,440 500 67,400 740,015.8 6,133,053.6 April 8,139,700 1,500 40,500 981,197.3 8,143,792.9 May 5,872,765 0 33,800 708,335.3 5,874,194.3 June 8,350,500 1,810 31,200 1,008,554.0 8,354,627.2 ------------------ ----------- ------ -------- ----------- ------------ TOTAL 38,764,730 5,310 245,000 4,675,122.0 38,783,151.7 ------------------ ----------- ------ -------- ----------- ------------ January-June, 2007 40,093,340 0 198,300 4,928,874.1 40,100,979.4 Trend, % -3.31 Х 23.55 -5.15 -3.29 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted average market rate of tenge to U.S. dollar calculated by IRBIS over all deals of the main (morning) session of KASE for the period from January 1, 08 till June 30, 08, according to IRBIS estimation equaled to KZT120.54 per dollar, over all stock exchange's deals - KZT120.55 per dollar. Speed of tenge devaluation to dollar by stock exchange rate is estimated in the current year at 0.89 % APR as of June 30, 2008. For initial six months the level of tenge devaluation to dollar in nominal expression made 0.37 %. In 2007 tenge strengthened to dollar by 5.28 % in nominal terms. [2008-07-01]