In January - November 2011 volume of trades on KASE decreased by 1.1 % and made up KZT27.3 trln ($186.5 bn)

/KASE, December 2, 11/ - In the period from January to November 2011 the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT27,326.2 bn (equivalent to USD186,507.4 m) decreasing relative to the similar period of 2010 by 1.1 % (by 0.5 %, if expressed in USD). In comparison with the previous eleven-month-period (February-December of 2010) the trades volume decreased by 4.6 % (4.1 %, if expressed in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the first 11 months of 2011 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2010. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-XI, 2011 I-XI, 2010 Trend ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency in % ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 14,360.4 52.6 14,034.3 50.8 +326.3 +2.3 including: spot-market 10,971.9 40.2 9,652.8 35.0 +1,319.3 +13.7 swap-market 3,388.5 12.4 4,381.5 15.9 -993.0 -22.7 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 1,042.0 3.8 1,357.5 4.9 -315.5 -23.2 including: primary market 593.8 2.2 673.0 2.4 -79.2 -11.8 secondary market 448.2 1.6 684.5 2.5 -236.3 -34.5 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 141.2 0.5 274.9 1.0 -133.7 -48.6 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 272.2 1.0 226.9 0.8 +45.3 +20.0 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions 11,507.5 42.1 11,723.9 42.5 -216.5 -1.8 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 60.7 0.2 -60.6 -99.9 autorepo on GS 11,456.8 41.9 11,554.5 41.8 -97.7 -0.8 "nego" repo on CS 4.0 <0.1 7.3 <0.1 -3.3 -45.1 autorepo on CS 46.6 0.2 101.4 0.4 -54.8 -54.1 IFI Bonds 0 0 0.2 <0.1 -0.2 -100.0 Futures contracts 2.9 <0.1 0 0 +2.9 х ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 27,326.2 100.0 27,617.7 100.0 -294.1 -1.1 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ m USD ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 97,995.4 52.5 95,248.0 50.8 +2,749.3 +2.9 including: spot-market 74,890.3 40.2 65,514.5 34.9 +9,375.7 +14.3 swap-market 23,105.1 12.4 29,731.5 15.9 -6,626.4 -22.3 ------------------------- --------- ----- - --------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 7,114.4 3.8 9,214.5 4.9 -2,100.1 -22.8 including: primary market 4,053.5 2.2 4,567.9 2.4 -514.4 -11.3 secondary market 3,060.9 1.6 4,646.5 2.5 -1,585.7 -34.1 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 967.0 0.5 1,864.1 1.0 -897.0 -48.1 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 1,859.9 1.0 1,539.3 0.8 +320.7 +20.8 ------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions 78,550.7 42.1 79,591.0 42.5 -1,040.3 -1.3 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.5 <0.1 412.3 0.2 -411.9 -99.9 autorepo on GS 78,204.7 41.9 78,440.4 41.8 -235.7 -0.3 "nego" repo on CS 27.5 <0.1 49.8 <0.1 -22.3 -44.7 autorepo on CS 318.0 0.2 688.5 0.4 -370.5 -53.8 IFI Bonds 0 0 1.1 <0.1 -1.1 -100.0 Futures contracts 20.0 <0.0 0 0 +20.0 х ------------------------- --------- ------- ----------- ----- --------- ------ TOTAL trades volume 186,507.4 100.0 187,458.0 100.0 -982.2 -0.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS - government serial securities; UIT - unit investment trust, CS - corporate serial securities; corporate bonds - corporate serial debt securities; "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 notes is not provided due to absence of deals in such instruments in the compared periods. [2011-12-02]