Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Feb.11 / Trend , T. Jukov / Turnover of the Republican Stock Exchange "Tashkent" reduced by 17 percent in 2008.
The trade turnover in 2008 made up 111.887 billion sums or $80.1 million, a source in the exchange told Trend . In 2008, deals were concluded with 160.17 million stocks of 392 issuers which made up correspondingly 74.3 and 91.2 compared to similar indices of 2007.
Share of the primary market made up 27.7 percent or 31.023 billion sums (about $20.9 million) in the exchange turnover, secondary market- 72.3 percent or 80.864 billion sums. In 2008, realization of stocks in hard currency upped almost twice thus making up roughly $24.28 million which makes up 28.3 percent of the total exchange turnover.
During 2008, the market turnover in national currency declined from 113.4 billion sums in 2007 to 79.7 billion sums in 2008. Realization and sale of stocks in national currency upped twice. "The reason of the decline is connected with the world financial crisis. Activeness of investors on exchange reduced in the last quarter of 2008," analyst Mirzaahmed Riskulov told Trend .
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