/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.

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                                I-VI, 2012       I-VI, 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           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
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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
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Corporate debt securities    132.7     1.1    118.4     0.8     +14.3  +12.1
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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bn KZT                           0       0        0    <0.1         0      X
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Foreign currency          84 631.1   100.0 98 462.2   100.0 -13 831.1  -14.0
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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]