In January - July 2012, trades volume on KASE decreased by 10.9 % and made up KZT14.8 trln ($100.0 bn)

/KASE, August 2, 12/ - In January - July 2012, the trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT14,834.8 bn (KZT99,956.7 m) and decreased against the similar 2011 period by 10.9% (12.4 % in USD). In comparison with the previous seven month period (June-December 2011) the trades volume decreased by 15.2 % (16.0 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for initial nine months of 2012 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2011. ------------------------------------ - ----------------- - --------------- I-VII, 2012 I-VII, 2011 Trend ---------------- ----------------- --------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- bn KZT ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Foreign currency 7,459.8 50.3 8,901.6 53.5 -1,441.9 -16.2 including: spot-market 5,064.4 34.1 6,901.3 41.5 -1,837.0 -26.6 swap-market 2,395.4 16.1 2,000.3 12.0 +395.1 +19.8 ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Kazakhstan GS <0.1 <0.1 0 0 <0.1 X ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- including: 668.8 4.5 , 607.4 3.6 , +61.4 +10.1 primary market secondary market 505.5 3.4 344.8 2.1 +160.8 +46.6 Shares 163.3 1.1 , 262.7 1.6 , -99.4 -37.8 ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Corporate debt 141.0 1.0 119.9 0.7 +21.2 +17.7 securities ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Repo transactions: 180.4 1.2 , 194.3 1.2 , -13.9 -7.2 ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- including: 6,384.8 43.0 , 6,824.7 41.0 , -439.9 -6.4 "nego" repo on GS autorepo on GS 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -87.2 "nego" repo on CS 6,352.1 42.8 6,791.1 40.8 -439.1 -6.5 autorepo on CS 3.7 0.0 3.3 0.0 +0.4 +11.5 Bonds of IFO 29.0 0.2 30.2 0.2 -1.2 -4.0 ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Total trades volume 14,834.8 100.0 , 16,648.0 100.0 , -1,813.1 -10.9 ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- mln USD , , , , , , ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Foreign currency 50,266.8 50.3 60,979.4 53.5 -10,712.6 -17.6 including: spot-market 34,127.9 34.1 47,273.5 41.4 -13,145.6 -27.8 swap-market 16,138.9 16.1 13,705.9 12.0 +2,433.0 +17.8 ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Kazakhstan GS <0.1 <0.1 0 0 <0.1 X ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- including: 4,509.8 4.5 , 4,165.3 3.7 , +344.5 +8.3 primary market secondary market 3,408.3 3.4 2,364.1 2.1 +1,044.2 +44.2 Shares 1,101.5 1.1 , 1,801.2 1.6 , -699.7 -38.8 ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Corporate debt 954.3 1.0 821.8 0.7 +132.5 +16.1 securities ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Repo transactions: 1,214.3 1.2 , 1,332.1 1.2 , -117.8 -8.8 ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- including: 43,011.4 43.0 , 46,768.1 41.0 , -3,756.7 -8.0 "nego" repo on GS autorepo on GS 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 -0.4 -87.4 "nego" repo on CS 42,790.9 42.8 46,538.1 40.8 -3,747.2 -8.1 autorepo on CS 25.1 0.0 22.8 0.0 +2.3 +10.0 Bonds of IFO 195.4 0.2 206.8 0.2 -11.4 -5.5 ------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Total trades volume 99,956.7 100.0 , 114,066.7 100.0 , -14,110.1 -12.4 ------------------------------------ - ----------------- - --------------- 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. Currency swap transactions and repo exchange additionally provides (calculated) turnover (calculated based on all executed opening and closing deals), which is not accounted for in indicator "TOTAL trade volume", in aggregate indicator for exchange market sector and in indicator "including". 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. [2012-08-02]