During period January-October 2012 trades volume at KASE decreased by 11.4 % and made up KZT22.3 trln ($149.5 bn)

/KASE, November 7, 12/ - During period January-October 2012 the volume of trades at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT22,252.5 bn (equivalent to USD149,451.4 m) and decreased against the similar 2011 period by 11.4 % (12.9 % in USD terms). In comparison with the previous ten-month period (March-December of 2011) the trades volume decreased by 11.0 % (12.4 % in USD terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for initial ten months of 2012 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2011. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I-X, 2012 I-X, 2012 Trend ----------------- ----------------- --------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency in % ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- bn KZT ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Foreign currency 11,612.5 52.2 13,216.0 52.6 -1,603.5 -12.1 including: spot-market 7,646.3 34.4 10,147.7 40.4 -2,501.4 -24.7 swap-market 3,966.2 17.8 3,068.3 12.2 +897.9 +29.3 Futures contracts <0.1 <0.1 0 0 <0.1 X ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Kazakhstan GS 1,031.9 4.6 953.5 3.8 +78.4 +8.2 including: primary market 822.2 3.7 527.1 2.1 +295.1 +56.0 secondary market 209.6 0.9 426.4 1.7 -216.7 -50.8 ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Shares 159.4 0.7 139.4 0.6 +20.0 +14.3 ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Corporate debt 256.2 1.2 249.5 1.0 +6.7 +2.7 securities ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Repo transactions: 9,192.6 41.3 10,567.2 42.1 -1,374.6 -13.0 including: "nego" repo on GS <0.1 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -75.3 autorepo on GS 9,148.7 41.1 10,519.4 41.9 -1,370.6 -13.0 "nego" repo on CS 4.0 <0.1 3.9 <0.1 +0.1 +3.4 autorepo on CS 39.8 0.2 43.9 0.2 -4.1 -9.3 ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Total trades volume 22,252.5 100.0 25,125.6 100.0 -2,873.1 -11.4 ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- mln USD ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Foreign currency 77,979.2 52.2 90,254.1 52.6 -12,274.9 -13.6 including: spot-market 51,360.5 34.4 69,315.4 40.4 -17,954.9 -25.9 swap-market 26,618.7 17.8 20,938.7 12.2 +5,680.0 +27.1 Futures contracts <0.1 <0.1 0 0 <0.1 X ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Kazakhstan GS 6,929.3 4.6 6,515.8 3.8 +413.5 +6.3 including: primary market 5,518.7 3.7 3,602.2 2.1 +1,916.5 +53.2 secondary market 1,410.6 0.9 2,913.6 1.7 -1,503.0 -51.6 ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Shares 1,076.7 0.7 954.7 0.6 +122.0 +12.8 ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Corporate debt 1,720.3 1.2 1,706.8 1.0 +13.6 +0.8 securities ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Repo transactions: 61,745.8 41.3 72,186.8 42.1 -10,440.9 -14.5 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 -0.4 -75.8 autorepo on GS 61,450.9 41.1 71,860.0 41.9 -10,409.1 -14.5 "nego" repo on CS 27.2 0.0 26.7 0.0 +0.5 +2.1 autorepo on CS 267.6 0.2 299.7 0.2 -32.1 -10.7 ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----- Total trades volume 149,451.4 100.0 171,618.2 100.0 -22,166.8 -12.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS - government serial securities; UIF - unit investment fund, corporate debt securities - non-government serial debt securities; CS - non-government serial securities; "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 periods compared. [2012-11-07]