In seven months of 2011 trades volume on KASE increased by 2.7 % and made up KZT16.6 trln ($114.1 bn)

/KASE, August 3, 11/ - In seven months of 2011 the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT16,648.0 bn (USD114,066.7 m) and increased relative to the similar period of 2010 by 2.7% (3.6 % in USD). In comparison with the previous seven month period (June-December of 2010) the trades volume decreased by 14.2 % (13.4 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for initial three months of 2011 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I-VII, 2011 I-VII, 2010 Trend --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 8,901.6 53.5 7,671.7 47.3 +1,229.9 +16.0 including: spot-market 6,901.3 41.5 5,391.1 33.3 +1,510.2 +28.0 swap-market 2,000.3 12.0 2,280.6 14.1 -280.3 -12.3 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 607.4 3.6 854.5 5.3 -247.1 -28.9 including: primary market 344.8 2.1 404.7 2.5 -59.9 -14.8 secondary market 262.7 1.6 449.8 2.8 -187.1 -41.6 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 119.9 0.7 44.0 0.3 +75.8 +172.3 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 194.3 1.2 96.6 0.6 +97.7 +101.2 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 6,824.7 41.0 7,545.0 46.5 -720.2 -9.5 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 52.6 0.3 -52.6 -99.9 autorepo on GS 6,791.1 40.8 7,415.8 45.7 -624.6 -8.4 "nego" repo on CS 3.3 <0.1 5.2 <0.1 -1.8 -35.6 autorepo on CS 30.2 0.2 71.4 0.4 -41.2 -57.7 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 0.2 <0.1 -0.2 -100.0 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 16,648.0 100.0 16,211.9 100.0 +436.1 +2.7 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD , , , , , , ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 60,979.4 53.5 52,090.3 47.3 +8,889.1 +17.1 including: spot-market 47,273.5 41.4 36,608.5 33.3 +10,665.0 +29.1 swap-market 13,705.9 12.0 15,481.8 14.1 -1,775.9 -11.5 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 4,165.3 3.7 5,802.4 5.3 -1,637.1 -28.2 including: primary market 2,364.1 2.1 2,748.0 2.5 -383.9 -14.0 secondary market 1,801.2 1.6 3,054.4 2.8 -1,253.2 -41.0 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 821.8 0.7 299.1 0.3 +522.8 +174.8 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 1,332.1 1.2 655.6 0.6 +676.5 +103.2 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 46,768.1 41.0 51,250.9 46.5 -4,482.8 -8.7 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.5 <0.1 357.6 0.3 -357.1 -99.9 autorepo on GS 46,538.1 40.8 50,373.5 45.8 -3,835.4 -7.6 "nego" repo on CS 22.8 <0.1 35.1 <0.1 -12.3 -35.0 autorepo on CS 206.8 0.2 484.7 0.4 -277.9 -57.3 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 1.1 <0.1 -1.1 -100.0 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 114,066.7 100.0 110,099.4 100.0 +3,967.3 +3.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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. [2011-08-03]