/KASE, October 2, 13/ – In January–September 2013 volume of trades in government securities (GS) on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT706.1 bn ($4.0 bn) and decreased by 16.7 % (18.5 % in USD) against the similar 2012 period.

In comparison with the previous nine month period (April–December 2012) the trades volume decreased by 31.9 % (32.9 % in USD).

The table below shows trade volume in the mentioned exchange market sector in 2013 with the breakdown by month and comparative data of 2012.

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           Primary market Secondary market*        Total*
Year,      -------------- ----------------- -------------
month       bn KZT  m USD   bn KZT    m USD bn KZT  m USD
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2013, I       55.8  369.9     20.0    133.0   75.8  502.9
2013, II      56.4  374.7     23.7    157.4   80.1  532.1
2013, III     45.1  299.3     13.5     89.3   58.6  388.6
2013, IV      70.2  465.2      8.9     59.3   79.1  524.5
2013, V       60.5  400.4      7.1     47.2   67.6  447.6
2013, VI      65.3  431.2     13.3     88.1   78.6  519.4
2013, VII     73.6  482.3     13.2     86.3   86.8  568.5
2013, VIII    76.9  502.5      4.2     27.3   81.1  529.8
2013, IX      97.6  635.3      0.7      4.5   98.4  639.8
---------- ------- ------ -------- -------- ------ ------
Total        601.4 3960.8    104.6    692.4  706.1 4653.2
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2012, I–IX   659.7 4438.9    188.1   1267.4  847.8 5706.4
trend, %      -8.7  -10.6    -44.7    -45.7  -16.7  -18.5
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* excluding the repo transactions market deals.

[2013-10-02]