In January - February 2012, trades volume on KASE decreased by 8.9 % and made up KZT4.1 trln ($27.4 bn)

/KASE, March 5, 12/ - In January - February 2012, the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT4,058.1 bn (KZT27,373.5 m) and decreased against the similar 2011 period by 8.9% (9.9 % in USD). In comparison with the previous two month period (November-December 2011) the trades volume decreased by 6.5 % (6.7 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for initial nine months of 2012 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2011. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I-II, 2012 I-II, 2011 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 1,843.4 45.4 2,641.8 59.3 +798.5 -30.2 including: spot-market 1,276.2 31.4 2,086.3 46.8 -810.1 -38.8 swap-market 567.2 14.0 555.5 12.5 +11.6 +2.1 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 133.6 3.3 144.8 2.6 +18.8 +16.4 including: primary market 119.2 2.9 67.1 1.5 +52.1 +77.6 secondary market 14.4 0.4 47.7 1.1 -33.3 -69.8 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 12.7 0.3 12.9 0.3 -0.2 -1.4 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt 62.1 1.5 42.8 1.0 +19.3 +45.2 securities ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 2,006.3 49.4 1,643.4 36.9 +362.9 +22.1 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x autorepo on GS 1,996.5 49.2 1,631.9 36.6 +364.6 +22.3 "nego" repo on CS 0.9 0 0.4 0 +0.5 +103.9 autorepo on CS 8.9 0.2 11.1 0.2 -2.2 -19.7 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 0 <0.1 0 x ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 4,058.1 100.0 4,455.8 100.0 -397.6 -8.9 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD , , , , , , ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 12,433.7 45.4 18,012.5 59.3 -5,578.8 -31.0 including: spot-market 8,609.2 31.5 14,226.4 46.8 -5,617.2 -39.5 swap-market 3,824.5 14.0 3,786.1 12.5 +38.4 +1.0 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 901.6 3.3 783.8 2.6 +117.8 +15.0 including: primary market 804.6 2.9 458.6 1.5 +346.0 +75.5 secondary market 97.1 0.4 325.3 1.1 -228.2 -70.2 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 85.7 0.3 87.8 0.3 -2.1 -2.4 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt 419.1 1.5 292.0 1.0 +127.2 +43.6 securities ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 13,533.3 49.4 11,205.1 36.9 +2,328.2 +20.8 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x autorepo on GS 13,467.2 49.2 11,126.6 36.6 +2,340.6 +21.0 "nego" repo on CS 6.2 0 3.1 0 +3.1 +103.1 autorepo on CS 59.9 0.2 75.4 0.2 -15.5 -20.6 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 0 <0.1 0 x ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 27,373.5 100.0 30,381.3 100.0 -3,007.7 -9.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2012-03-05]