In January - March 2012, trades volume on KASE decreased by 13.6 % and made up KZT5.9 trln ($40.1 bn)

/KASE, April 4, 12/ - In January - March 2012, the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT5,942.3 bn (KZT40,123.6 m) and decreased against the similar 2011 period by 13.6% (14.6 % in USD). In comparison with the previous three month month period (October-December 2011) the trades volume decreased by 14.9 % (15.0 % 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-III, 2012 I-III, 2011 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 2,921.6 49.2 4,103.5 59.7 -1,181.9 -28.8 including: spot-market 1,978.0 33.3 3,264.5 47.5 -1,286.5 -39.4 swap-market 943.7 15.9 839.0 12.2 +104.6 +12.5 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 261.0 4.4 273.0 4.0 -11.9 -4.4 including: primary market 190.8 3.2 151.0 2.2 +39.8 +26.4 secondary market 70.2 1.2 122.0 1.8 -51.7 -42.4 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 15.2 0.3 91.2 1.3 -76.0 -83.3 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt 76.8 1.3 73.5 1.1 +3.3 +4.5 securities ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 2,667.7 44.9 2,337.4 34.0 +330.2 +14.1 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 X autorepo on GS 2,653.6 44.7 2,320.6 33.7 +332.9 +14.3 "nego" repo on CS 1.4 0 0.7 0 +0.7 +109.2 autorepo on CS 12.7 0.2 16.1 0.2 -3.4 -21.4 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 0 <0.1 0 X ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 5,942.3 100.0 6,878.6 100.0 -936.3 -13.6 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD , , , , , , ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 19,730.7 49.2 28,041.3 59.7 -8,310.6 -29.6 including: spot-market 13,358.7 33.3 22,310.0 47.5 -8,951.3 -40.1 swap-market 6,372.0 15.9 5,731.3 12.2 +640.7 +11.2 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 1,764.0 4.4 1,869.5 4.0 -105.5 -5.6 including: primary market 1,289.1 3.2 1,034.6 2.2 +254.5 +24.6 secondary market 474.9 1.2 834.9 1.8 -360.0 -43.1 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 102.6 0.3 625.2 1.3 -522.5 -83.6 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt 518.0 1.3 502.3 1.1 +15.7 +3.1 securities ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 18,008.2 44.9 15,966.8 34.0 +2,041.5 +12.8 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 X autorepo on GS 17,913.0 44.6 15,852.1 33.7 +2,060.9 +13.0 "nego" repo on CS 9.6 0 4.7 0 +5.0 +107.4 autorepo on CS 85.5 0.2 110.0 0.2 -24.5 -22.2 ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 0 <0.1 0 X ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 40,123.6 100.0 47,005.1 100.0 -6,881.5 -14.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2012-04-04]