In January - September 2012, trades volume on KASE decreased by 12.2 % and made up KZT19.7 trln ($132.7 bn)

/KASE, October 3, 12/ - In January - September 2012, trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT19,739.4 bn (KZT132,746.7 m) and decreased against the similar 2011 period by 12.2% (13.7 % in USD). In comparison with the previous nine month period (April-December 2011) the trades volume decreased by 12.6 % (13.8 % 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-IX, 2012 I-IX, 2011 Trend ----------------- ----------------- --------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- bn KZT ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Foreign currency 10,240.2 51.9 11,799.0 52.5 -1,558.9 -13.2 including: spot-market 6,883.2 34.9 9,320.3 41.5 -2,437.1 -26.1 swap-market 3,357.0 17.0 2,478.7 11.0 +878.2 +35.4 ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Futures contracts <0.1 <0.1 0 0 , <0.1 X ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Kazakhstan GS 847.8 4.3 , 849.3 3.8 , -1.5 -0.2 including: primary market 659.7 3.3 457.8 2.0 +201.9 +44.1 secondary market 188.1 1.0 , 391.4 1.7 , -203.3 -51.9 ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Shares 156.1 0.8 136.9 0.6 +19.1 +14.0 ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Corporate debt 227.8 1.2 , 233.1 1.0 , -5.2 -2.2 securities ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Repo transactions: 8,267.5 41.9 , 9,463.4 42.1 , -1,195.9 -12.6 including: "nego" repo on GS <0.1 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -75.3 autorepo on GS 8,225.5 41.7 9,419.8 41.9 -1,194.4 -12.7 "nego" repo on CS 4.0 <0.1 3.7 <0.1 +0.3 +8.3 autorepo on CS 38.1 0.2 39.8 0.2 -1.8 -4.4 ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Total trades volume 19,739.4 100.0 , 22,481.7 100.0 , -2,742.3 -12.2 ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- mln USD , , , , , , ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Foreign currency 68,856.8 51.9 80,681.8 52.5 -11,825.0 -14.7 including: spot-market 46,287.6 34.9 63,726.2 41.4 -17,438.6 -27.4 swap-market 22,569.2 17.0 16,955.6 11.0 +5,613.6 +33.1 ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Futures contracts <0.1 <0.1 0 0 , <0.1 X ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Kazakhstan GS 5,706.4 4.3 , 5,811.0 3.8 , -104.6 -1.8 including: primary market 4,438.9 3.3 3,133.3 2.0 +1,305.6 +41.7 secondary market 1,267.4 1.0 , 2,677.7 1.7 , -1,410.2 -52.7 ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Shares 1,054.7 0.8 938.0 0.6 +116.7 +12.4 ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Corporate debt 1,531.7 1.2 , 1,595.7 1.0 , -64.0 -4.0 securities ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Repo transactions: 55,597.1 41.9 , 64,728.0 42.1 , -9,131.0 -14.1 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 0.5 <0.1 -0.4 -75.8 autorepo on GS 55,313.9 41.7 64,430.0 41.9 -9,116.1 -14.1 "nego" repo on CS 27.0 <0.1 25.3 <0.1 +1.7 +6.8 autorepo on CS 256.0 0.2 272.3 0.2 -16.3 -6.0 ------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ----- Total trades volume 132,746.7 100.0 , 153,754.5 100.0 , -21,007.9 -13.7 ------------------------------------- - ----------------- - --------------- 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. [2012-10-03]