In January to April 2012 trades volume on KASE decreased by 16.9 % and made up KZT7.9 trn ($53.8 bn)

/KASE, May 4, 12/ - In the period from January to April 2012 the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT7,969.3 bn (equivalent of USD53,836.7 m) and decreased relative to the similar period of 2011 by 16.9 % (by 18.0 % in USD). In comparison with the previous four month period (September-December of 2011) the trades volume decreased by 7.6 % (7.7 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for initial four months of 2012 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2011. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-IV, 2012 I-IV, 2011 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 4,036.9 50.7 5,528.7 57.7 -1,491.8 -27.0 including: spot-market 2,800.0 35.1 4,274.3 44.6 -1,474.3 -34.5 swap-market 1,236.9 15.5 1,254.4 13.1 -17.5 -1.4 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 360.3 4.5 384.7 4.0 -24.4 -6.3 including: primary market 267.1 3.4 199.8 2.1 +67.4 +33.7 secondary market 93.2 1.2 184.9 1.9 -91.8 -49.6 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 111.7 1.4 106.8 1.1 +4.9 +4.6 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 105.4 1.3 135.6 1.4 -30.3 -22.3 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 3,354.7 42.1 3,432.6 35.8 -77.9 -2.3 including: "nego" repo on GS <0.1 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -92.2 autorepo on GS 3,336.8 41.9 3,413.3 35.6 -76.5 -2.2 "nego" repo on CS 1.8 <0.1 0.8 <0.1 +1.0 +119.7 autorepo on CS 16.1 0.2 18.4 0.2 -2.4 -12.8 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 0 <0.1 0 X ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 7,969.0 100.0 9,588.4 100.0 -1,619.4 -16.9 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 27,276.5 50.7 37,840.5 57.7 -10,564.0 -27.9 including: spot-market 18,921.2 35.1 29,253.6 44.6 -10,332.4 -35.3 swap-market 8,355.3 15.5 8,586.9 13.1 -231.6 -2.7 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 2,435.3 4.5 2,637.7 4.0 -202.3 -7.7 including: primary market 1,805.3 3.4 1,369.9 2.1 +435.4 +31.8 secondary market 630.1 1.2 1,267.8 1.9 -637.7 -50.3 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 757.0 1.4 732.2 1.1 +24.8 +3.4 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 711.6 1.3 929.8 1.4 -218.2 -23.5 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 22,656.1 42.1 23,495.9 35.8 -839.8 -3.6 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.0 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 -0.4 -92.3 autorepo on GS 22,534.9 41.9 23,363.6 35.6 -828.7 -3.5 "nego" repo on CS 12.5 <0.1 5.8 <0.1 +6.7 +117.0 autorepo on CS 108.7 0.2 126.1 0.2 -17.5 -13.9 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 0 <0.1 0 X ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 53,836.7 100.0 65,636.1 100.0 -11,799.5 -18.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. [2012-05-04]