In first half of 2013 volume of trades on KASE increased by 2.8 % and made up KZT12,9 trln ($85.4 bn)

/KASE, July 2, 13/ – In the first half of 2013 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT12,892.7 bn (equivalent of USD85,415.1 m) and increased against the similar period of 2012 by 2.8 % (by 0.9 % in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous six month period (July–December of 2012) the trades volume decreased by 13.8 % (14.4 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the initial six months of 2013 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2012. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I–VI, 2013 I–VI, 2012 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 7,319.2 56.8 6,272.0 50.0 +1,047.2 +16.7 including: spot-market 3,848.8 29.9 4,214.8 33.6 -366.0 -8.7 swap-market 3,470.3 26.9 2,057.2 16.4 +1,413.1 +68.7 Kazakhstan GS 439.9 3.4 587.3 4.7 -147.4 -25.1 including: primary market 353.3 2.7 434.4 3.5 -81.0 -18.7 secondary market 86.6 0.7 152.9 1.2 -66.3 -43.4 Shares 45.8 0.4 132.7 1.1 -86.9 -65.5 Corporate debt securities 158.1 1.2 138.3 1.1 +19.9 +14.4 Repo transactions: 4,911.1 38.1 5,409.1 43.1 -498.0 -9.2 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 <0.1 <0.1 -<0.1 -100.0 autorepo on GS 4,875.4 37.8 5,381.3 42.9 -505.9 -9.4 "nego" repo on CS 0.8 0.0 3.7 0.0 -2.9 -78.3 autorepo on CS 34.9 0.3 24.1 0.2 +10.8 +45.0 Bonds of IFO 158.1 1.2 138.3 1.1 +19.9 +14.4 Futures 3.1 0.0 0 0 +3.1 X ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trade volume 12,892.7 100.0 12,539.4 100.0 +353.3 +2.8 ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD ------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 48,498.0 56.8 42,337.3 50.0 +6,160.6 +14.6 including: spot-market 22,503.4 29.9 28,456.7 33.6 -2,953.4 -10.4 swap-market 22,994.6 26.9 13,880.6 16.4 +9,114.0 +65.7 Kazakhstan GS 2,915.1 3.4 3,965.8 4.7 -1,050.7 -26.5 including: primary market 2,340.8 2.7 2,933.1 3.5 -592.3 -20.2 secondary market 574.3 0.7 1,032.6 1.2 -458.4 -44.4 Shares 303.3 0.4 898.6 1.1 -595.3 -66.3 Corporate debt securities 1,047.0 1.2 933.5 1.1 +113.6 +12.2 Repo transactions: 32,528.9 38.1 36,496.6 43.1 -3,967.8 -10.9 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 <0.1 <0.1 -<0.1 -100.0 autorepo on GS 32,292.2 37.8 36,309.1 42.9 -4,016.9 -11.1 "nego" repo on CS 5.3 <0.1 25.0 <0.1 -19.7 -78.7 autorepo on CS 231.3 0.3 162.5 0.2 +68.9 +42.4 Bonds of IFO 102.7 0.1 0 0 +102.7 X Futures 20.3 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 +20.3 X Total trades volume 85,415.1 100.0 84,631.8 100.0 +783.4 +0.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; UIT – unit investment trust; CS – corporate serial securities; corporate bonds – corporate serial debt 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 compared periods. [2013-07-02]