In 2010 volume of trading on KASE increased by 33.9 % and made up KZT30.4 trln ($206.5 bn)

/KASE, January 6, 11/ - In 2010 volume of trading in all market sectors on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT30,427.0 bn (equivalent to USD206,519.3 m) increasing by 33.9 % (32.7 % expressed in USD) against 2009. The table below shows trades volume (calculated on raised amounts) in 2010 with breakdown by market sector, and comparative data of 2009. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 2009 Trend ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 15,748.9 51.8 9,879.0 43.5 +5,869.9 +59.4 including: spot-market 10,966.4 36.0 7,243.6 31.9 +3,722.8 +51.4 swap-market 4,782.5 15.7 2,635.4 11.6 +2,147.1 +81.5 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Futures contracts 0.003 <0.01 0 0 +0.003 +100 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 1,431.4 4.7 1,408.1 6.2 +23.2 +1.7 including: primary market 674.4 2.2 698.1 3.1 -23.7 -3.4 secondary market 756.9 2.5 710.0 3.1 +46.9 +6.6 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 280.6 0.9 637.5 2.8 -356.9 -56.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Unit Investment Funds shares 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 270.6 0.9 386.1 1.7 -115.5 -29.9 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions 12,695.5 41.7 10,409.8 45.8 +2,285.7 +22.0 including: "nego" repo on GS 60.7 0.2 120.9 0.5 -60.2 -49.8 autorepo on GS 12,515.7 41.1 8,919.4 39.3 +3,596.4 +40.3 "nego" repo on CS 7.6 <0.1 753.0 3.3 -745.4 -99.0 autorepo on CS 111.5 0.4 616.6 2.7 -505.1 -81.9 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 30,427.0 100.0 22,720.6 100.0 +7,706.4 +33.9 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ m USD --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 106,882.5 51.8 67,725.7 43.5 +39,156.8 +57.8 including: spot-market 74,430.5 36.0 50,173.2 32.2 +24,257.3 +48.3 swap-market 32,452.0 15.7 17,552.5 11.3 +14,899.5 +84.9 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Futures contracts 0.02 <0.01 0 0 +0.02 +100 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 9,715.6 4.7 9,443.2 6.1 +272.4 +2.9 including: primary market 4,577.8 2.2 4,658.7 3.0 -80.9 -1.7 secondary market 5,137.8 2.5 4,784.5 3.1 +353.3 +7.4 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 1,902.7 0.9 4,299.9 2.8 -2,397.3 -55.8 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Unit Investment Funds shares 0 0 0.7 <0.1 -0.7 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 1,835.6 0.9 2,637.6 1.7 -802.1 -30.4 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions 86,182.9 41.7 71,552.1 46.0 +14,630.8 +20.4 including: "nego" repo on GS 412.5 0.2 813.1 0.5 -400.6 -49.3 autorepo on GS 84,962.3 41.1 61,226.5 39.3 +23,735.8 +38.8 "nego" repo on CS 51.4 <0.1 5,162.3 3.3 -5,110.9 -99.0 autorepo on CS 756.8 0.4 4,350.3 2.8 -3,593.5 -82.6 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 206,519.9 100.0 155,658.9 100.0 +50,860.3 +32.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Trade volume is calculated on all executed exchange deals, concluded by any possible KASE trade method. Information on bills of exchange sector is not provided due to absence of deals in such instruments in the compared periods. [2011-01-06]