In the first half of 2012 trades volume on KASE decreased by 12.7 % and made up KZT12.5 trn ($84.6 bn)

/KASE, July 4, 12/ - In the first half of 2012 the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT12,539.3 bn (equivalent of USD84,631.1 m) and decreased against the similar period of 2011 by 12.7 % (by 14.0 % in USD). In comparison with the previous six month period (July-December of 2011) the trades volume decreased by 16.9 % (17.4 % 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-VI, 2012 I-VI, 2011 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 6 272.0 50.0 7 879.9 54.8 -1 607.9 -20.4 including: spot-market 4 214.8 33.6 6 092.4 42.4 -1 877.6 -30.8 swap-market 2 057.2 16.4 1 787.5 12.4 +269.7 +15.1 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Kazakhstan GS <0.1 <0.1 0 0 0 X ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ including: 587.2 4.7 535.9 3.7 +51.3 +9.6 primary market secondary market 435.5 3.5 286.9 2.0 +148.6 +51.8 Shares 151.7 1.2 249.0 1.7 -97.3 -39.1 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Corporate debt securities 132.7 1.1 118.4 0.8 +14.3 +12.1 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 138.3 1.1 173.2 1.2 -34.9 -20.2 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ including: 5 409.1 43.1 5 663.5 39.4 -254.4 -4.5 "nego" repo on GS autorepo on GS <0.1 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -87.2 "nego" repo on CS 5 381.3 42.9 5 634.7 39.2 -253.4 -4.5 autorepo on CS 3.7 <0.1 1.7 <0.1 +2.0 +118.4 Bonds of IFO 24.1 0.2 27.0 0.2 -3.0 -10.9 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 0 0 0 <0.1 0 X ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD 12 539.3 100.0 14 370.9 100.0 -1 831.6 -12.7 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency , , , , , , ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ including: 42 337.3 50.0 53 978.2 54.8 -11 640.9 -21.6 spot-market swap-market 28 456.7 33.6 41 730.3 42.4 -13 273.6 -31.8 Kazakhstan GS 13 880.6 16.4 12 247.9 12.4 +1 632.7 +13.3 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ including: <0.1 <0.1 0 0 0 X ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ primary market 3 965.1 4.7 3 675.8 3.7 +289.3 +7.9 secondary market Shares 2 940.8 3.5 1 968.0 2.0 +972.8 +49.4 Corporate debt securities 1 024.3 1.2 1 707.8 1.7 -683.6 -40.0 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Repo transactions: 898.6 1.1 811.5 0.8 +87.0 +10.7 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ including: 933.5 1.1 1 187.8 1.2 -254.4 -21.4 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ "nego" repo on GS 36 496.6 43.1 38 808.8 39.4 -2 312.2 -6.0 autorepo on GS "nego" repo on CS 0.1 <0.1 0.5 <0.1 -0.4 -87.4 autorepo on CS 36 309.1 42.9 38 611.8 39.2 -2 302.7 -6.0 Bonds of IFO 25.0 <0.1 11.6 <0.1 +13.4 +115.3 Total trades volume 162.5 0.2 185.0 0.2 -22.5 -12.2 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT 0 0 0 <0.1 0 X ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 84 631.1 100.0 98 462.2 100.0 -13 831.1 -14.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2012-07-04]