In January–April 2014 volume of trades on KASE increased by 1.9 times and made up KZT14.1 trln ($81.4 bn)

/KASE, May 6, 14/ – In January-April 2014 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT14,077.7 bn (equivalent of USD81,395.7 m) and increased against the similar 2013 period by 1.9 times (62.0 % in USD). In comparison with the previous four month period (September-December 2013) the trade volume increased by 31.1 % (16.5 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in first two months of 2014 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2013. --------------------------------------------------- ------------------ I–IV, 2014 I–IV, 2013 Trend --------------- --------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 10359.8 73.6 4585.2 60.5 +5774.6 +125.9 including: spot-market 5003.4 35.5 2497.8 33.0 +2505.6 +100.3 swap-market 5356.4 38.0 2087.4 27.6 +3269.0 +156.6 Kazakhstan GS 234.1 1.7 293.7 3.9 -59.6 -20.3 including: primary market 212.6 1.5 227.5 3.0 -14.9 -6.6 secondary market 21.5 0.2 66.1 0.9 -44.7 -67.5 Shares 15.9 0.1 38.0 0.5 -22.1 -58.1 Corporate debt 64.7 0.5 76.2 1.0 -11.5 -15.1 securities Repo transactions: 3402.1 24.2 2578.9 34.0 +823.2 +31.9 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 X autorepo on GS 3328.3 23.6 2553.3 33.7 +775.0 +30.4 "nego" repo on CS 1.2 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 +0.70 +156.6 Foreign currency 72.6 0.5 25.1 0.3 +47.4 +188.6 Investment funds <0.1 <0.1 1.0 <0.1 -1.0 -99.1 securities IFO bonds 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 X Futures 1.1 0.0 3.1 0 -2.0 -64.7 ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 14077.7 100.0 7576.0 100.0 +6501.7 +85.8 ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ mln USD ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 59809.8 73.5 30419.2 60.6 +29390.7 +96.6 including: spot-market 28895.3 35.5 16569.4 33.0 +12325.9 +74.4 swap-market 30914.5 38.0 13849.8 27.6 +17064.7 +123.2 Kazakhstan GS 1360.9 1.7 1948.1 3.9 -587.2 -30.1 including: primary market 1233.7 1.5 1509.1 3.0 -275.4 -18.3 secondary market 127.2 0.2 439.0 0.9 -311.7 -71.0 Shares 91.9 0.1 251.8 0.5 -159.9 -63.5 Corporate debt 373.9 0.5 505.4 1.0 -131.5 -26.0 securities Repo transactions: 19751.4 24.3 17103.3 34.0 +2648.1 +15.5 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.6 <0.1 0 0 +0.6 X autorepo on GS 19325.8 23.7 16933.5 33.7 +2392.3 +14.1 "nego" repo on CS 6.3 <0.1 3.0 <0.1 +3.3 +112.4 Foreign currency 418.6 0.5 166.8 0.3 +251.8 +151.0 Investment funds 0.1 <0.1 6.9 <0.1 -6.9 -99.1 securities IFO bonds 0.7 <0.1 0 0 +0.7 X Futures 7.0 <0.1 20.3 0 -13.3 -65.7 ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 81395.7 100.0 50255.0 100.0 +31140.7 +62.0 --------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 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. [2014-05-06]