For 6 months of 2008 volume of purchase and sale transactions with shares on KASE, including STF RFCA made $1,805.1 m. (KZT217.6 bn.) and decreased 2.5 times

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, July 3, 08/ - For first 6 months of 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 up $1,805.1 m. (KZT217.6 bn.) and decreased compared with the corresponding period last year by $2,755.0 m. (KZT340.7 bn.) or 2.5 times in dollar terms (2.6 times in tenge). In 2007 volume of purchase and sale transactions in shares on KASE, including deals on STF RFCA was estimated at $8,924.4 m. or KZT1,087.3 bn. The table below indicates volumes of deals in shares on KASE in 2008 grouped by months and structure of turnover and comparable with 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 June 0 449,489.7 449,489.7 ------------- --------- ----------- ----------- Total 20,819.1 1,784,243.6 1,805,062.7 Inc. STF RFCA 20,819.1 270,104.1 290,923.3 ------------- --------- ----------- ----------- Jan-June 2007 0 4,560,039.5 4,560,039.5 Trend, times Х -2.6 -2.5 ----------------------------------------------- [2008-07-03]