/KASE, July 4, 12/ - In the first half of 2012 government securities (GS) trade volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT587.2 bn (USD3,965.1 m) and increased against the same 2011 period by 9.6 % (7.9 % in USD).

In comparison with the previous six month period (July-December 2011) trades volume decreased by 1.8 % (2.4 % in USD).

The table below shows trade volume in the mentioned exchange market sector in 2012 with the breakdown by month and comparative data of 2011.

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           Primary market Secondary      Total*
                          market*        
Year,      -------------- -------------- --------------
month      bn KZT m USD   bn KZT m USD   bn KZT m USD
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2012, I      57.8   389.1    4.1    27.5   61.9   416.6
2012, II     61.5   415.5   10.3    69.6   71.8   485.1
2012, III    71.6   484.5   55.8   377.9  127.4   862.4
2012, IV     76.3   516.2   22.9   155.1   99.2   671.3
2012, V     102.3   692.0   26.7   180.2  129.0   872.2
2012, VI     66.0   443.5   31.9   214.0   97.9   657.5
---------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ -------
Total       435.5 2,940.8  151.7 1,024.3  587.2 3,965.1
---------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ -------
2011, I-VI  241.8 1,659.1 208. 8 1,431.4  450.6 3,090.5
trend, %    +51.8   +49.4  -39.1   -40.0   +8.6    +7.0
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* excluding the repo transactions market deals.

[2012-07-04]