In January 2012, trades volume on KASE decreased by 9.8 % and made up KZT1.8 trln ($12.3 bn)

/KASE, February 3, 12/ - In January 2012, the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT1,819.0 bn (USD12,257.4 mln) and decreased relative to the similar period of 2011 by 9.8 % (10.7 % in USD). In comparison with December 2011 the trades volume decreased by 15.1 % (15.4 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for initial three months of 2012 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2011. ------------------------------------------ - ---------------- - ---------------- I, 2012 I, 2011 Trend -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 792.1 43.5 1 187.8 58.9 -395.7 -33.3 including: spot-market 498.9 27.4 904.8 44.9 -405.9 -44.9 swap-market 293.2 16.1 283.0 14.0 +10.2 +3.6 ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 61.9 3.4 . 38.2 1.9 . +23.7 +62.1 including: primary market 57.8 3.2 17.3 0.9 +40.5 +234.8 secondary market 4.1 0.2 . 20.9 1.0 . -16.8 -80.5 ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Shares 6.1 0.3 8.5 0.4 -2.5 -28.9 ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 24.0 1.3 . 12.6 0.6 . +11.5 +91.3 ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Repo transactions: 934.9 51.4 . 770.0 38.2 . +165.0 +21.4 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 х х autorepo on GS 930.5 51.2 765.4 37.9 +165.1 +21.6 "nego" repo on CS 0.5 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 +0.2 +98.0 autorepo on CS 3.9 0.2 4.3 0.2 -0.4 -8.3 ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 1 819.0 100.0 . 2 017.0 100.0 . -198.0 -9.8 ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume . . . . . . ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ mln USD 5 337.7 43.5 8 080.7 58.9 -2 743.0 -33.9 Foreign currency including: 3 361.7 27.4 6 155.1 44.9 -2 793.4 -45.4 spot-market 1 976.0 16.1 1 925.6 14.0 +50.4 +2.6 ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ swap-market 416.5 3.4 . 259.7 1.9 . +156.8 +60.4 Kazakhstan GS including: 389.1 3.2 117.5 0.9 +271.6 +231.1 primary market 27.5 0.2 . 142.2 1.0 . -114.7 -80.7 ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ secondary market 40.9 0.3 58.1 0.4 -17.1 -29.5 ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Shares 161.9 1.3 . 85.5 0.6 . +76.5 +89.4 ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 6 300.3 51.4 . 5 238.2 38.2 . +1 062.0 +20.3 Repo transactions: including: 0 0 0 0 х х "nego" repo on GS 6 270.5 51.2 5 207.4 37.9 +1 063.1 +20.4 autorepo on GS 3.3 <0.1 1.7 <0.1 +1.6 +96.1 "nego" repo on CS 26.4 0.2 29.1 0.2 -2.7 -9.1 ------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ autorepo on CS 12 257.4 100.0 . 13 722.2 100.0 . -1 464.8 -10.7 ------------------------------------------ - ---------------- - ---------------- 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. [2012-02-03]