In January - May 2012 volume of trading at KASE decreased by 14.0 % and made up KZT10.3 trn ($69.6 bn)

/KASE, June 4, 12/ - In January - May 2012 the volume of trades at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT10,296.6 bn (equivalent of USD69,575.9 m) and decreased by 14.0 % relative to the similar period of 2011 (15.1 % in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous five month period (August - December of 2011) the trades volume decreased by 19.7 % (19.9 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the first five months of 2012 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2011. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-V, 2012 I-V, 2011 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 5,176.9 50.3 6,745.7 56.4 -1,568.8 -23.3 including: spot-market 3,550.9 34.5 5,147.2 43.0 -1,596.3 -31.0 swap-market 1,626.0 15.8 1,598.6 13.4 +27.5 +1.7 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Futures contracts <0.1 <0.1 0 0 0 X ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 489.3 4.8 450.6 3.8 +38.7 +8.6 including: primary market 369.5 3.6 241.8 2.0 +127.6 +52.8 secondary market 119.8 1.2 208.8 1.7 -88.9 -42.6 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 129.6 1.3 113.0 0.9 +16.6 +14.7 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 121.8 1.2 149.0 1.2 -27.2 -18.3 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 4,379.1 42.5 4,509.3 37.7 -130.2 -2.9 including: "nego" repo on GS <0.1 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -85.3 autorepo on GS 4,356.1 42.3 4,486.5 37.5 -130.4 -2.9 "nego" repo on CS 3.5 <0.1 1.0 <0.1 +2.5 +259.5 autorepo on CS 19.4 0.2 21.8 0.2 -2.4 -10.8 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 0 <0.1 0 X ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 10,296.6 100.0 11,967.6 100.0 -1,671.0 -14.0 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 34,985.8 50.3 46,203.0 56.4 -11,217.2 -24.3 including: spot-market 23,998.9 34.5 35,250.6 43.0 -11,251.7 -31.9 swap-market 10,986.9 15.8 10,952.4 13.4 +34.5 +0.3 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Futures contracts <0.1 <0.1 0 0 0 X ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS 3,307.6 4.8 3,090.5 3.8 +217.1 +7.0 including: primary market 2,497.3 3.6 1,659.1 2.0 +838.2 +50.5 secondary market 810.3 1.2 1,431.4 1.7 -621.2 -43.4 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Shares 878.0 1.3 775.0 0.9 +102.9 +13.3 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 822.5 1.2 1,021.7 1.2 -199.1 -19.5 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 29,582.2 42.5 30,894.5 37.7 -1,312.3 -4.2 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 -0.3 -85.5 autorepo on GS 29,427.0 42.3 30,738.3 37.5 -1,311.2 -4.3 "nego" repo on CS 23.8 <0.1 6.7 <0.1 +17.1 +254.8 autorepo on CS 131.3 0.2 149.1 0.2 -17.8 -12.0 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0 0 0 <0.1 0 X ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 69,576.0 100.0 81,984.6 100.0 -12,408.7 -15.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS - government serial securities; UIT - unit investment trust; CS - corporate serial securities; non-GS - non-government serial securities; corporate bonds - corporate serial debt securities; "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 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. [2012-06-04]