In January – October 2013 volume of trades on KASE increased by 12.2 % and made up KZT24.9 trln ($164.2 bn)

/KASE, November 4, 13/ – In January – October 2013 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT24,963.4 bn (equivalent of USD164,196.9 m) and increased against the similar 2012 period by 12.2 % (9.9 % in USD). In comparison with the previous ten month period (March–December 2012) the trades volume increased by 6.6 % (4.6 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the initial nine months of 2013 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2012. ------------------------------------ ------------------ ------------------ I–X, 2013 I–X, 2012 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 14079.4 56.4 11612.5 52.2 +2467.0 +21.2 including: spot-market 7435.5 29.8 7646.3 34.4 -210.8 -2.8 swap-market 6643.9 26.6 3966.2 17.8 +2677.7 +67.5 Kazakhstan GS 847.6 3.4 1031.9 4.6 -184.3 -17.9 including: primary market 736.3 3.0 821.0 3.7 -84.7 -10.3 secondary market 111.3 0.4 210.9 0.9 -99.6 -47.2 Shares 65.3 0.3 159.4 0.7 -94.1 -59.0 Corporate debt 306.4 1.2 256.2 1.2 +50.2 +19.6 securities Repo transactions: 9628.6 38.6 9192.6 41.3 +436.0 +4.7 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 -100.0 autorepo on GS 9578.7 38.4 9148.7 41.1 +430.0 +4.7 "nego" repo on CS 1.1 <0.1 4.0 <0.1 -3.0 -73.8 autorepo on CS 48.8 0.2 39.8 0.2 +9.0 +22.5 IFO bonds 33.1 0.1 0 0 +33.1 X Futures 3.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 +3.1 – ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 24963.4 100.0 22252.5 100.0 +2710.9 +12.2 ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ mln USD ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 92621.1 56.4 77979.2 52.2 +14641.8 +18.8 including: spot-market 48910.7 29.8 51360.5 34.4 -2449.9 -4.8 swap-market 43710.4 26.6 26618.7 17.8 +17091.7 +64.2 Kazakhstan GS 5571.2 3.4 6929.3 4.6 -1358.2 -19.6 including: primary market 4835.6 2.9 5510.3 3.7 -674.8 -12.2 secondary market 735.6 0.4 1419.0 0.9 -683.4 -48.2 Shares 430.7 0.3 1076.7 0.7 -646.0 -60.0 Corporate debt 2015.3 1.2 1720.3 1.2 +295.0 +17.1 securities Repo transactions: 63321.8 38.6 61745.8 41.3 +1576.0 +2.6 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 autorepo on GS 62993.1 38.4 61450.9 41.1 +1542.2 +2.5 "nego" repo on CS 7.0 <0.1 27.2 <0.1 -20.2 -74.3 autorepo on CS 321.8 0.2 267.6 0.2 +54.1 +20.2 IFO bonds 216.5 0.1 0 0 +216.5 X Futures 20.3 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 +20.3 – ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 164196.9 100.0 149451.4 100.0 +14745.4 +9.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; UIT – Unit Investment Fund, CS – corporate serial securities; corporate debt CS – 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 and futures is not provided due to absence of deals in such instruments in the compared periods. [2013-11-04]