OREANDA-NEWS. January 09, 2009. In 2008, volume of purchase and sale transactions in shares on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including deals on the Special Trading Floor of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty (STF RFCA) made up the equivalent of US3,825.9 m. (KZT460,3 bn.), reported the press-centre of KASE.

Relative to 2007 the volume decreased by US 5,098.5 m. or by 57.1 %. In KZT equivalent the change is estimated at KZT627.0 bn. or 57.7 %.

In 2007 volume of purchase and sale transactions in shares on KASE, including deals on STF RFCA was estimated at US 8,924.4 m. (KZT1,087.3 bn.).