Traded value falls 12.3 %, reaches KZT6.2 trln (USD41.7 bn)

/KASE, April 5, 10/ - In the first three months of Y2010 traded value on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached KZT6,158.9 bn (USD41,720.8 m) and fell against the same period last year 12.3 % (18.5 % in dollar terms). As compared to the previous three-month period (October-December 2009) traded value grew 2.9 % (4.2 % in dollar terms). The table shows traded value (based on attracted sums) for the three months of Y2010 with breakdown on market sectors and comparison with indicators of Y2009. -------------------------------------------------------------------- I-III, Y2010 I-III, Y2009 Trend ---------------- ---------------- --------------- traded struc- traded struc- measure % Sector value ture, % value ture, % currency ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ bn KZT ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Foreign currency 2,705.6 43.9 3,223.8 45.9 -518.2 -16.1 Including: spot-market 1,879.4 30.5 2,787.1 39.7 -907.7 -32.6 swap-market 826.2 13.4 436.7 6.2 +389.5 +89.2 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Futures 0 0 0.1 <0.01 X X ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ KZ GS 409.5 6.6 182.7 2.6 +226.7 +124.1 including: primary market 156.6 2.5 100.3 1.4 +56.3 +56.2 secondary market 252.9 4.1 82.5 1.2 +170.4 +206.6 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Shares 11.1 0.2 103.0 1.5 -91.8 -89.2 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Units 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Corporate bonds 44.3 0.7 119.0 1.7 -74.6 -62.7 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Repo transactions 2,988.4 48.5 3,396.3 48.3 -408.0 -12.0 including: nego repo in GS 30.4 0.5 11.9 0.2 +18.4 +154.8 auto repo in GS 2,922.5 47.5 2,783.1 39.7 +139.4 +5.0 nego repo in CS 3.0 <0.1 261.1 3.7 -258.1 -98.8 auto repo in CS 32.5 0.5 340.2 4.8 -307.7 -90.4 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ TOTAL traded value 6,158.9 100.0 7,025.0 100.0 -866.0 -12.3 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ m USD ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Foreign currency 18,322.1 43.9 23,419.2 45.8 -5,097.1 -21.8 Including: spot-market 12,726.4 30.5 20,499.0 40.1 -7,772.6 -37.9 swap-market 5,595.7 13.4 2,920.2 5.7 +2,675.5 +91.6 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Futures 0 0 0.4 <0.01 X X ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ KZ GS 2,773.6 6.6 1,287.0 2.5 +1,486.6 +115.5 including: primary market 1,059.9 2.5 680.6 1.3 +379.3 +55.7 secondary market 1,713.7 4.1 606.4 1.2 +1,107.3 +182.6 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Shares 75.5 0.2 719.3 1.4 -643.7 -89.5 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Units 0 0 0.7 <0.1 -0.7 -100.0 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Corporate bonds 300.0 0.7 861.0 1.7 -561.1 -65.2 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ Repo transactions 20,249.5 48.5 24,893.9 48.6 -4,644.4 -18.7 including: nego repo in GS 205.8 0.5 88.1 0.2 +117.7 +133.6 auto repo in GS 19,803.1 47.5 20,396.8 39.9 -593.7 -2.9 nego repo in CS 20.4 <0.1 1,895.5 3.7 -1,875.0 -98.9 auto repo in CS 220.1 0.5 2,513.5 4.9 -2,293.4 -91.2 ------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ TOTAL traded value 41,720.8 100.0 51,181.2 100.0 -9,460.4 -18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: GS - government serial securities; CS - corporate serial securities; nego repo - repo transactions carried out directly (with conclusion of opening and closing repo deals); auto repo - repo transactions carried out automatically. Traded value is calculated on all executed exchange deals. No data is provided on the note sector as there were no deals made in the comparable periods. [2010-04-05]