In first six months of 2011 trades volume at KASE increased by 6.7 % and made up KZT14.4 trn ($98.5 bn)

/KASE, July 4, 11/ - In the first six months of 2011 the trades volume at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT14,370.9 bn (equivalent to USD98,462.2 m) increasing by 6.7 % relative to the similar period of 2009 (7.6 % in USD). In comparison with the previous six months period (July-December of 2010) the trades volume decreased by 15.2 % (14.4 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the first six months of 2011 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2010. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-VI, 2011 I-VI, 2010 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 7,879.9 54.8 6,201.7 46.0 +1,678.3 +27.1 including: spot-market 6,092.4 42.4 4,488.0 33.3 +1,604.4 +35.7 swap-market 1,787.5 12.4 1,713.7 12.7 +73.8 +4.3 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 535.9 3.7 756.3 5.6 -220.3 -29.1 including: primary market 286.9 2.0 334.3 2.5 -47.4 -14.2 secondary market 249.0 1.7 421.9 3.1 -172.9 -41.0 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 118.4 0.8 32.8 0.2 +85.6 +261.1 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 173.2 1.2 90.9 0.7 +82.4 +90.7 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 5,663.5 39.4 6,391.2 47.4 -727.7 -11.4 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 52.5 0.4 -52.4 -99.9 autorepo on GS 5,634.7 39.2 6,270.7 46.5 -636.0 -10.1 "nego" repo on CS 1.7 <0.1 4.4 <0.1 -2.7 -61.4 autorepo on CS 27.0 0.2 63.7 0.5 -36.6 -57.5 IFI bonds 0 0 0.2 <0.1 -0.2 -100.0 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 14,370.9 100.0 13,472.8 100.0 +898.1 +6.7 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ m USD ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 53,978.2 54.8 42,126.8 46.0 +11,851.3 +28.1 including: spot-market 41,730.3 42.4 30,487.8 33.3 +11,242.4 +36.9 swap-market 12,247.9 12.4 11,639.0 12.7 +608.9 +5.2 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 3,675.8 3.7 5,136.9 5.6 -1,461.1 -28.4 including: primary market 1,968.0 2.0 2,271.3 2.5 -303.3 -13.4 secondary market 1,707.8 1.7 2,865.6 3.1 -1,157.8 -40.4 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 811.5 0.8 222.9 0.2 +588.6 +264.0 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 1,187.8 1.2 617.0 0.7 +570.9 +92.5 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 38,808.8 39.4 43,430.0 47.4 -4,621.2 -10.6 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.5 <0.1 356.4 0.4 -356.0 -99.9 autorepo on GS 38,611.8 39.2 42,611.5 46.6 -3,999.7 -9.4 "nego" repo on CS 11.6 <0.1 29.8 <0.1 -18.2 -61.0 autorepo on CS 185.0 0.2 432.3 0.5 -247.3 -57.2 IFI Bonds 0 0 1.1 <0.1 -1.1 -100.0 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 98,462.2 100.0 91,533.6 100.0 +6,928.6 +7.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 promissory notes and futures is not provided due to absence of deals in such instruments in the compared periods. [2011-07-04]