In six months of 2010 trades volume on KASE increased by 19.4 % and made up KZT13.5 trn ($91.5 bn)

/KASE, July 2, 10/ - In six months of 2010 the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT13,472.4 bn (USD91,530.6 m) and increased relative to the similar period of 2009 by 19.4 % (15.1 % in USD). In comparison with the previous six months period (July-December of 2009) the trades volume increased by 17.8 % (20.2 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for initial 4 months of 2010 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2009. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-VI, 2010 I-VI, 2009 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 6,201.7 46.0 4,472.3 39.6 +1,729.4 +38.7 including: spot-market 4,488.0 33.3 3,805.5 33.7 +682.5 +17.9 swap-market 1,713.7 12.7 666.8 5.9 +1,046.9 +157.0 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Futures contracts 0 0 0.1 <0.01 X X ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 756.3 5.6 514.1 4.6 +242.2 +47.1 including: primary market 334.3 2.5 264.7 2.3 +69.6 +26.3 secondary market 421.9 3.1 249.4 2.2 +172.6 +69.2 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 32.8 0.2 142.8 1.3 -110.0 -77.0 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Unit Investment Funds shares 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 90.9 0.7 226.6 2.0 -135.7 -59.9 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 6,391.2 47.4 5,929.5 52.5 +461.7 +7.8 including: "nego" repo on GS 52.5 0.4 50.9 0.5 +1.6 +3.1 autorepo on GS 6,270.7 46.5 4,775.4 42.3 +1,495.3 +31.3 "nego" repo on CS 4.4 <0.1 587.0 5.2 -582.6 -99.3 autorepo on CS 63.7 0.5 516.2 4.6 -452.5 -87.7 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 13,472.8 100.0 11,285.3 100.0 +2,187.5 +19.4 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ M USD , , , , , , ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 42,126.8 46.0 31,715.5 39.9 +10,411.4 +32.8 including: spot-market 30,487.8 33.3 27,266.7 34.3 +3,221.2 +11.8 swap-market 11,639.0 12.7 4,448.8 5.6 +7,190.2 +161.6 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Futures contracts 0 0 0.4 <0.01 X X ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 5,136.9 5.6 3,488.7 4.4 +1,648.2 +47.2 including: primary market 2,271.3 2.5 1,773.4 2.2 +497.8 +28.1 secondary market 2,865.6 3.1 1,715.3 2.2 +1,150.3 +67.1 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 222.9 0.2 983.7 1.2 -760.8 -77.3 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Unit Investment Funds shares 0 0 0.7 <0.1 -0.7 -100.0 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 617.0 0.7 1,576.5 2.0 -959.5 -60.9 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 43,430.0 47.4 41,730.5 52.5 +1,699.5 +4.1 including: "nego" repo on GS 356.4 0.4 347.1 0.4 +9.3 +2.7 autorepo on GS 42,611.5 46.6 33,639.3 42.3 +8,972.2 +26.7 "nego" repo on CS 29.8 <0.1 4,061.3 5.1 -4,031.5 -99.3 autorepo on CS 432.3 0.5 3,682.8 4.6 -3,250.5 -88.3 ---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 91,533.6 100.0 79,495.3 100.0 +12,038.3 +15.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS - government serial securities; CS - corporate serial securities; corporate bonds - corporate serial debt securities; Equities - equity securities certifying the right of its holder for a certain share in the property; "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. Currency swap transactions and repo exchange additionally provides (calculated) turnover (calculated based on all executed opening and closing deals), which is not accounted for in indicator "TOTAL trade volume", in aggregate indicator for exchange market sector and in indicator "including". Trade volume and exchange (calculated) turnovers are calculated on all executed exchange deals, concluded by any possible KASE trade method. Information on securities (bonds) of IFO, FGS, notes and futures is not provided due to absence of deals in such instruments in the compared periods. [2010-07-02]