In January-May 2018 volume of trades on KASE decreased by 21.4 % to KZT54.7 trln ($168.6 bn)

/KASE, 12.06.18/ – In January-May 2018 the amount of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT54,706.2 bn (equivalent of USD168,559.4 mln) and decreased by 21.4 % (by 23.1 % in dollar terms) against the similar period of 2017. In comparison with previous five-month period (August-December) of 2017 the trades volume decreased by 26.7%. 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–V, 2018 I–V, 2017 Trend ----------------- ----------------- ------------------ Exchange market sector trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- -------- bn tenge --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- -------- Securities market 1,006.3 1.4 534.1 0.7 +472.2 +88.4 Shares 79.0 0.1 57.2 0.1 +21.9 +38.2 – primary market 0 0 1.1 <0.1 -1.1 -100.0 – secondary market 79.0 0.1 56.1 0.1 +23.0 +41.0 Corporate debt securities 283.6 0.5 52.7 0.1 +231.0 +438.6 – primary market 56.3 0.1 37.8 0.1 +18.6 +49.2 – secondary market 227.3 0.4 14.9 <0.1 +212.4 +1,425.5 Kazakhstan GS 366.2 0.7 409.0 0.6 -42.7 -10.4 – primary market 188.9 0.3 320.8 0.5 -131.8 -41.1 – secondary market 177.3 0.3 88.2 0.1 +89.1 +101.0 IFI bonds 0 0 15.0 <0.1 -15.0 -100.0 Investment trust securities 0.1 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 -0.2 -61.1 Derivatives 277.3 0.5 0 0 +277.3 x Foreign currency market 5,578.8 10.2 4,198.9 6.0 +1,379.9 +32.9 Money market 48,121.1 88.0 64,867.2 93.2 -16,746.0 -25.8 Repo transactions 31,538.3 57.7 29,646.8 42.6 +1,241.7 +5.4 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 30,776.5 56.3 25,836.0 37.1 +4,940.5 +19.1 – "nego" repo on CS 76.4 0.1 56.6 0.1 +19.7 +34.9 – auto repo on CS 649.9 1.2 3,749.7 5.4 -3,099.8 -82.7 – repo with netting 35.5 0.1 4.5 <0.1 +31.0 +688.4 Currency swap transactions 16,582.8 30.3 35,220.3 50.6 -18,637.5 -52.9 – in US dollar 16,582.8 30.3 35,220.3 50.6 -18,637.5 -52.9 – 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 54,706.2 100.0 69,600.2 100.0 -14,894.0 -21.4 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- -------- mln US dollar --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- -------- Securities market 3,105.7 1.8 1,679.8 0.8 +1,426.0 +84.9 Shares 243.6 0.1 180.3 0.1 +63.3 +35.1 – primary market 0 0 3.6 <0.1 -3.6 -100.0 – secondary market 243.6 0.1 176.7 0.1 +66.8 +37.8 Corporate debt securities 868.9 0.5 167.6 0.1 +701.3 +418.4 – primary market 174.6 0.1 120.8 0.1 +53.8 +44.5 – secondary market 694.3 0.4 46.8 <0.1 +647.5 +1,384.4 Kazakhstan GS 1,124.8 0.7 1,282.7 0.6 -157.8 -12.3 – primary market 579.2 0.3 1,006.5 0.5 -427.3 -42.5 – secondary market 545.6 0.3 276.1 0.1 +269.5 +97.6 IFI bonds 0 0 48.2 <0.1 -48.2 -100.0 Investment trust securities 0.4 <0.1 1.0 <0.1 -0.6 -62.2 Securities 868.0 0.5 0 0 +868.0 x Foreign currency market 17,169.0 10.2 13,252.5 6.0 +3,916.4 +29.6 Money market 148,284.7 88.0 204,303.0 93.2 -56,018.3 -27.4 Repo transactions 97,145.1 57.6 93,237.4 42.5 +3,907.7 +4.2 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 94,801.0 56.2 81,246.6 37.1 +13,554.4 +16.7 – "nego" repo on CS 235.6 0.1 178.9 0.1 +56.7 +31.7 – auto repo on CS 1,999.2 1.2 11,797.6 5.4 -9,798.3 -83.1 – repo with netting 109.3 0.1 14.4 <0.1 +94.9 +658.4 Currency swap transactions 51,139.6 30.3 111,065.6 50.7 -59,926.0 -54.0 – in US dollar 51,139.6 30.3 111,065.6 50.7 -59,926.0 -54.0 – 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 168,559.4 100.0 219,235.3 100.0 -50,675.9 -23.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2018-06-12]