/KASE, October 3, 12/ - In January - September 2012, government securities (GS) trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT847.8 bn ($5,706.4 mln) and decreased against the similar 2011 period by 0.2 % (1.8 % in USD).

In comparison with the previous nine month period (April-December 2011) trades volume decreased by 1.5 % (2.7 % 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     66.2   444.2   31.9   214.0   98.1   658.2
2012, VII    69.9   466.8   11.6    77.2   81.5   544.0
2012, VIII   64.2   430.1   11.1    74.1   75.3   504.2
2012, IX     90.0   600.6   13.7    91.8  103.7   692.4
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Total       659.7 4,438.9  188.1 1,267.4  847.8 5,706.4
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2011, I-IX  457.8 3,133.3  391.4 2,677.7  849.3 5,811.0
trend, %    +44.1   +41.7  -51.9   -52.7   -0.2    -1.8
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* excluding the repo transactions market deals.

[2012-10-03]