/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.

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                                 I-V, 2012        I-V, 2011            Trend
                          ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
Market                    trades   struc-  trades   struc-  measuring in %
sector                    volume   ture, % volume   ture, % currency
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bn KZT
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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
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Futures contracts             <0.1    <0.1        0       0         0      X
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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
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Shares                       129.6     1.3    113.0     0.9     +16.6  +14.7
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Corporate debt securities    121.8     1.2    149.0     1.2     -27.2  -18.3
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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
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Bonds of IFO                     0       0        0    <0.1         0      X
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Total trades volume       10,296.6   100.0 11,967.6   100.0  -1,671.0  -14.0
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mln USD
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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
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Futures contracts             <0.1    <0.1        0       0         0      X
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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
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Shares                       878.0     1.3    775.0     0.9    +102.9  +13.3
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Corporate debt securities    822.5     1.2  1,021.7     1.2    -199.1  -19.5
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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
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Bonds of IFO                     0       0        0    <0.1         0      X
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Total trades volume       69,576.0   100.0 81,984.6   100.0 -12,408.7  -15.1
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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]