In eight months of 2011 trades volume on KASE increased by 6.7 % and made up KZT14.4 trln ($98.5 bn)

/KASE, September 8, 11/ - In eight months of 2011 the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT19,668.3 bn (USD134,663.8 m) and increased against the similar 2010 period by 2.7% (3.6 % in USD). In comparison with the previous eight month period (May-December of 2010) the trades volume decreased by 9.4 % (8.6 % 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-VIII, 2011 I-VIII, 2010 Trend ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 10 333.1 52.5 9 460.6 49.4 +872.4 +9.2 including: spot-market 8 124.9 41.3 6 572.2 34.3 +1,552.6 +23.6 swap-market 2 208.2 11.2 2 888.4 15.1 -680.2 -23.5 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 717.2 3.6 989.9 5.2 -272.9 -27.5 including: primary market 407.9 2.1 480.6 2.5 -72.7 -15.1 secondary market 309.3 1.6 509.3 3.7 -200.0 -39.3 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 122.4 0.6 49.2 0.3 +73.2 +148.8 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 209.8 1.1 107.0 0.6 +102.8 +96.1 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 8 285.8 42.1 8 539.4 44.6 -253.7 -3.0 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 56.3 0.3 -56.2 -99.9 autorepo on GS 8 246.9 41.9 8 400.8 43.9 -153.9 -1.8 "nego" repo on CS 3.5 <0.1 5.7 <0.1 -2.2 -39.0 autorepo on CS 35.3 0.2 76.6 0.4 -41.3 -53.9 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 0.2 <0.1 -0.2 -100.0 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 19 668.3 100.0 19 146.3 100.0 +521.9 +2.7 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD , , , , , , ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 70 738.3 52.5 64 233.8 49.4 +6,504.5 +10.1 including: spot-market 55 616.6 41.3 44 626.5 34.3 +10,990.1 +24.6 swap-market 15 121.7 11.2 19 607.3 15.1 -4 485.6 -22.9 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 4 913.9 3.6 6 721.7 5.2 -1,807.8 -26.9 including: primary market 2 794.7 2.1 3 263.4 2.5 -468.7 -14.4 secondary market 2 119.2 1.6 3 458.3 2.7 -1,339.1 -38.7 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 839.1 0.6 334.1 0.3 +504.9 +151.1 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 1 438.1 1.1 726.6 0.6 +711.5 +97.9 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 56 734.5 42.1 58 000.1 44.6 -1,265.6 -2.2 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.5 <0.1 382.5 0.3 -382.0 -99.9 autorepo on GS 56 468.6 41.9 57 058.8 43.9 -590.2 -1.0 "nego" repo on CS 23.8 <0.1 38.6 <0.1 -14.9 -38.5 autorepo on CS 241.6 0.2 520.1 0.4 -278.5 -53.5 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 1.1 <0.1 -1.1 -100.0 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 134 663.8 100.0 130 017.5 100.0 +4,646.4 +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. [2011-09-08]