In January-August 2018 volume of trades on KASE decreased by 22.7 % to KZT84.2 trln ($253.8 bn)

/KASE, September 10, 2018/ – In January-August 2018 the amount of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT84,174.8 bn (equivalent of USD253,798.1 mln) and decreased by 22.7 % (by 25.5 % in dollar terms) against the similar period of 2017. In comparison with previous eight-month period (May-December) of 2017 the trades volume decreased by 14.7%. 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–VIII, 2018 I–VIII, 2017 Trend ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Exchange market sector trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ bn tenge --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ Securities market 2,347.3 2.8 2,134.6 2.0 +212.7 +10.0 Shares 400.5 0.5 226.7 0.2 +173.8 +76.7 – primary market 0.5 <0.1 7.6 <0.1 -7.1 -93.1 – secondary market 399.9 0.5 219.0 0.2 +180.9 +82.6 Corporate debt securities 473.9 0.6 345.9 0.3 +128.0 +37.0 – primary market 186.8 0.2 164.1 0.2 +22.7 +13.8 – secondary market 287.1 0.3 181.8 0.2 +105.3 +57.9 Kazakhstan GS 1,136.8 1.4 1,541.1 1.4 -404.3 -26.2 – primary market 656.7 0.8 1,391.5 1.3 -734.7 -52.8 – secondary market 480.1 0.6 149.6 0.1 +330.4 +220.8 IFI bonds 58.6 0.1 20.2 <0.1 +38.3 +189.4 Investment trust securities 0.3 <0.1 0.7 <0.1 -0.4 -60.9 Derivatives 277.3 0.3 0 0 +277.3 x Foreign currency market 9,017.2 10.7 7,654.2 7.0 +1,363.0 +17.8 Money market 72,810.3 86.5 99,081.5 91.0 -26,271.3 -26.5 Repo transactions 49,786.1 59.1 48,280.4 44.3 +1,505.8 +3.1 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 48,716.9 57.9 43,375.9 39.8 +5,341.1 +12.3 – "nego" repo on CS 82.8 0.1 129.3 0.1 -46.5 -36.0 – auto repo on CS 929.4 1.1 4,747.7 4.4 -3,818.3 -80.4 – repo with netting 57.0 0.1 27.5 <0.1 +29.5 +107.4 Currency swap transactions 23,024.1 27.4 50,801.2 46.7 -27,777.0 -54.7 – in US dollar 23,024.1 27.4 50,801.2 46.7 -27,777.0 -54.7 – in euro 0 0 0 0 0 x Derivatives market 0 0 6.7 <0.1 -6.7 -100.0 Futures 0 0 6.7 <0.1 -6.7 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ TOTAL 84,174.8 100.0 108,877.0 100.0 -24,702.2 -22.7 --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ mln US dollar --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ Securities market 6,975.9 2.7 6,635.1 1.9 +340.8 +5.1 Shares 1,155.8 0.5 701.6 0.2 +454.3 +64.8 – primary market 1.6 <0.1 23.8 <0.1 -22.2 -93.3 – secondary market 1,154.3 0.5 677.8 0.2 +476.5 +70.3 Corporate debt securities 1,422.8 0.6 1,057.8 0.3 +364.9 +34.5 – primary market 556.0 0.2 508.2 0.1 +47.8 +9.4 – secondary market 866.8 0.3 549.7 0.2 +317.1 +57.7 Kazakhstan GS 3,354.1 1.3 4,808.8 1.4 -1,454.7 -30.3 – primary market 1,929.2 0.8 4,346.7 1.3 -2,417.5 -55.6 – secondary market 1,424.9 0.6 462.0 0.1 +962.9 +208.4 IFI bonds 174.3 0.1 64.7 <0.1 +109.5 +169.2 Investment trust securities 0.8 <0.1 2.2 <0.1 -1.3 -62.2 Securities 868.0 0.3 0 0 +868.0 x Foreign currency market 27,067.9 10.7 23,820.2 7.0 +3,247.7 +13.6 Money market 219,754.4 86.6 310,056.5 91.1 -90,302.1 -29.1 Repo transactions 150,006.9 59.1 150,517.5 44.2 -510.6 -0.3 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 146,770.2 57.8 135,116.6 39.7 +11,653.7 +8.6 – "nego" repo on CS 254.3 0.1 401.7 0.1 -147.4 -36.7 – auto repo on CS 2,810.6 1.1 14,914.1 4.4 -12,103.5 -81.2 – repo with netting 171.7 0.1 85.1 <0.1 +86.6 +101.7 Currency swap transactions 69,747.5 27.5 159,539.0 46.8 -89,791.5 -56.3 – in US dollar 69,747.5 27.5 159,539.0 46.8 -89,791.5 -56.3 – in euro 0 0 0 0 0 x Derivatives market 0 0 20.3 <0.1 -20.3 -100.0 Futures 0 0 20.3 <0.1 -20.3 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ TOTAL 253,798.1 100.0 340,532.1 100.0 -86,733.9 -25.5 --------------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------ 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. [2018-09-10]