/KASE, January 6, 12/ - In 2011 the volume of trading in government securities (GS) at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT1,134.1 bn (equivalent to USD7,737.0 m) decreasing by 20.8 % (20.4 % when expressed in USD) against 2010.

The table below shows the 2011 trading volume in the mentioned exchange sector by month, and the comparative data of last year's corresponding period.

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                                Secondary          
            Primary market        market*          Total*
Year,       -------------- -------------- ---------------
month       bn KZT   m USD bn KZT   m USD  bn KZT   m USD
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2011, I       17.3   117.5   20.9   142.2    38.2   259.7
2011, II      49.9   341.0   26.8   183.1    76.7   524.1
2011, III     83.9   576.1   74.3   509.6   158.2 1,085.7
2011, IV      48.8   335.3   63.0   432.9   111.7   768.1
2011, V       42.1   289.2   23.8   163.7    65.9   452.8
2011, VI      45.1   308.9   40.3   276.4    85.4   585.3
2011, VII     57.9   396.1   13.6    93.4    71.5   489.5
2011, VIII    63.1   430.7   46.6   318.0   109.7   748.6
2011, IX      49.9   338.6   82.2   558.5   132.1   897.1
2011, X       69.3   468.9   34.9   236.0   104.2   704.8
2011, XI      66.7   451.3   21.8   147.2    88.5   598.5
2011, XII     80.5   544.2   11.6    78.4    92.1   622.6
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Total        674.3 4,597.7  459.8 3,139.3 1,134.1 7,737.0
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2010, I-XII  673.0 4,567.9  758.4 5,147.7 1,431.4 9,715.6
trend, %      +0.2    +0.7  -39.4   -39.0   -20.8   -20.4
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* with no account taken of deals on the repo transactions market.

[2012-01-06]