In June number of individual accounts involved in shares transactions on KASE increased by 80 %

/KASE, July 16, 15/ – In June 2015 the number of individual accounts involved in shares transactions on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), increased by 80 % compared with the previous month. At the same time the percentage of individuals in the gross turnover of shares in monetary terms decreased to 53 % from 55.3 % in May. As of the end of June there were 101,065 personal accounts at Central Securities Depository JSC (hereinafter – CD) opened by individuals, which is by 390 accounts more than at the end of the previous month, and by 13,007 accounts more than at the beginning of 2015. Below is information on the dynamics of the number of individual accounts opened with the CD involved in share trades on KASE ("Accounts in transactions"), gross-turnover of trade in shares in such accounts, their transaction percentage in the total gross-turnover of trade in shares in the mentioned month. -------------------------------------------------------------- Share in total Month Accounts Accounts in Gross-turnover, gross of 2015 with CD transactions* bn tenge* turnover, %* -------- -------- ------------- --------------- -------------- January 98,303 1,241 2.1 56.3 February 98,506 1,125 1.8 55.1 March 99,505 637 1.3 53.7 April 100,027 **1,105 **2.5 **56.6 May 100,675 1,409 2.2 55.3 June 101,065 2,540 4.9 53.0 -------------------------------------------------------------- * without special trading sessions and deals concluded according to scheme T+2 ** without taking into account results of subscription to ordinary shares of BAST JSC. Taking into account the results of the subscription the number of individual accounts makes up 1,447, gross-turnover – KZT2.8 bn, the share of individuals in the gross turnover – 55.6 %. The total gross-turnover of trade in shares on KASE in June increased 14 times as compared to the previous month and made up KZT55.2 bn, the trade volume – KZT27.6 bn. [2015-07-16]