In January-April 2018 volume of trades on KASE decreased by 17.3 % to KZT43.8 trln ($135.8 bn)

/KASE, May 16, 2018/ – In January-April 2018 the amount of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT43,771.4 bn (equivalent of USD135,255.3 mln) and decreased by 17.3 % (by 18.5 % in dollar terms) against the similar period of 2017. In comparison with previous four-month period (September-December) of 2017 the trades volume increased by 2.65%. The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in 2018 broken down by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2017. --------------------------------------------- ------------------- -------------------- I–IV, 2018 I–IV, 2017 Trend ----------------- ----------------- ------------------ --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- -------- Exchange market sector trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- -------- bn tenge --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- -------- Securities market 625.8 1.4 389.8 0.7 +236.0 +60.5 Shares 55.9 0.1 47.6 0.1 +8.3 +17.4 – primary market 0 0 1.1 <0.1 -1.1 -100.0 – secondary market 55.9 0.1 46.5 0.1 +9.4 +20.2 Corporate debt securities 88.6 0.2 19.5 <0.1 +69.1 +354.9 – primary market 55.8 0.1 6.7 <0.1 +49.1 +727.8 – secondary market 32.8 0.1 12.7 <0.1 +20.0 +157.4 Kazakhstan GS 204.0 0.5 322.4 0.6 -118.4 -36.7 – primary market 91.2 0.2 242.0 0.5 -150.8 -62.3 – secondary market 112.7 0.3 80.4 0.2 +32.3 +40.2 IFI bonds 0 0 0 0 0 x Investment trust securities 0.1 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 -0.2 -72.8 Derivatives 277.3 0.8 0 0 +277.3 x Foreign currency market 4,538.7 9.1 3,149.6 6.0 +1,389.1 +44.1 Money market 38,606.9 88.2 49,357.2 93.3 -10,750.2 -21.8 Repo transactions 24,443.9 55.8 23,202.2 45.4 +1,241.7 +5.4 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 23,880.4 54.6 20,277.8 38.3 +3,602.6 +17.8 – "nego" repo on CS 70.5 0.2 37.7 0.1 +32.8 +86.8 – auto repo on CS 464.6 1.1 2,885.9 5.5 -2,421.3 -83.9 – repo with netting 28.4 0.1 0.7 <0.1 +27.6 +3,833.5 Currency swap transactions 14,163.1 32.4 26,155.0 49.4 -11,991.9 -45.8 – in US dollar 14,163.1 32.4 26,155.0 49.4 -11,991.9 -45.8 – in euro 0 0 0 0 0 x Derivatives market 0 0 <0.1 <0.1 -<0.1 -100.0 Futures 0 0 <0.1 <0.1 -<0.1 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- -------- TOTAL 43,771.4 100.0 52,896.6 100.0 -9,125.2 -17.3 --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- -------- mln US dollar --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- -------- Securities market 1,947.0 1.4 1,219.2 0.7 +727.8 +59.7 Shares 173.2 0.1 149.9 0.1 +23.3 +15.6 – primary market 0 0 3.6 <0.1 -3.6 -100.0 – secondary market 173.2 0.1 146.3 0.1 +26.9 +18.4 Corporate debt securities 274.3 0.2 61.1 <0.1 +213.2 +348.7 – primary market 173.0 0.1 21.3 <0.1 +151.6 +710.8 – secondary market 101.3 0.1 39.8 <0.1 +61.5 +154.6 Kazakhstan GS 631.2 0.5 1,007.2 0.6 -376.0 -37.3 – primary market 282.2 0.2 756.1 0.5 -474.0 -62.7 – secondary market 349.0 0.3 251.1 0.2 +97.9 +39.0 IFI bonds 0 0 0 0 0 x Investment trust securities 0.3 <0.1 1.0 <0.1 -0.7 -73.5 Securities 868.1 0.6 0 0 +868.1 x Foreign currency market 13,998.3 10.3 9,905.9 6.0 +4,092.4 +41.3 Money market 119,310.0 88.2 154,816.2 93.3 -35,506.2 -22.9 Repo transactions 75,541.3 55.9 72,684.5 43.8 +2,856.8 +3.9 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 73,800.9 54.6 63,516.1 38.3 +10,284.8 +16.2 – "nego" repo on CS 217.7 0.2 118.7 0.1 +99.1 +83.5 – auto repo on CS 1,435.1 1.1 9,047.4 5.5 -7,612.3 -84.1 – repo with netting 87.6 0.1 2.3 <0.1 +85.2 +3,693.3 Currency swap transactions 43,768.7 32.4 82,131.7 49.5 -38,363.0 -46.7 – in US dollar 43,768.7 32.4 82,131.7 49.5 -38,363.0 -46.7 – in euro 0 0 0 0 0 x Derivatives market 0 0 <0.1 <0.1 -<0.1 -100.0 Futures 0 0 <0.1 <0.1 -<0.1 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- -------- TOTAL 135,255.3 100.0 165,941.3 100.0 -30,686.0 -18.5 --------------------------------------------- ------------------- -------------------- Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; IFI – international financial institutions; CS – corporate serial securities; "direct" repo – repo transactions carried out by "direct" method (with conclusion of direct opening and closing repo deals); auto repo – repo transactions carried out automatically; 'n/t' – no trade held. Trade volume is calculated on all executed exchange deals, concluded by any possible KASE trade method. [2018-05-16]