During period January-October 2012 GS trades volume at KASE increased by 8.2 % and made up KZT1,031.9 bn ($6.9 bn)

/KASE, November 7, 12/ - During period January-October 2012 government securities (GS) trades volume at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT1,031.9 bn (equivalent to USD6,929.3 mln) and increased against the same 2011 period by 8.2 % (6.3 % in USD terms). In comparison with the previous ten-month period (March-December 2011) the trades volume increased by 1.2 % (decreased by 0.3 % in USD terms). The table below shows trade volume in the mentioned exchange market sector in 2012 with the breakdown by month and comparative data of 2011. -------------------------------------------------------- Secondary Primary market market* Total* Year, -------------- -------------- --------------- month bn KZT m USD bn KZT m USD bn KZT m USD ---------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------- ------- 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 2012, X 162.5 1,079.8 21.5 143.2 184.1 1,222.9 ---------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------- ------- Total 822.2 5,518.7 209.6 1,410.6 1,031.9 6,929.3 ---------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------- ------- 2011, I-X 527.1 3,602.2 426.4 2,913.6 953.5 6,515.8 trend, % +56.0 +53.2 -50.8 -51.6 +8.2 +6.3 -------------------------------------------------------- * excluding the repo transactions market deals. [2012-11-07]