In January–September 2015 volume of trades on KASE increased 2 times and made up KZT66.5 trln ($343.8 bn)

/KASE, October 5, 2015/ – In January–September 2015 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT66,499.2 bn (equivalent of USD343,797.7 mln) and increased 2.3 times against the similar period of 2014 (2.1 times in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous nine-month period (April–December 2014) the trade volume increased by 87.0 % (76.1 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in the first eight months of 2015 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2014. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I–IX, 2015 I–IX, 2014 Trend ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ bn KZT --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ Foreign currency 49,454.8 74.4 21,170.2 72.0 +28,284.6 +133.6 including: spot-market 8,188.7 12.3 10,798.4 36.7 -2,609.7 -24.2 swap-market 41,266.1 62.1 10,371.8 35.3 +30,894.4 +297.9 Kazakhstan GS 396.5 0.6 981.7 3.3 -585.2 -59.6 including: primary market 389.6 0.6 827.5 2.8 -437.9 -52.9 secondary market 7.0 <0.1 154.2 0.5 -147.2 -95.5 Shares 875.4 1.3 96.2 0.3 +779.2 +810.1 Corporate debt securities 840.7 1.3 161.7 0.5 +679.0 +420.0 Repo transactions: 14,931.7 22.5 6,966.9 23.7 +7,964.8 +114.3 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 autorepo on GS 14,884.5 22.4 6,783.9 23.1 +8,100.5 +119.4 "nego" repo on CS 3.5 <0.1 1.7 <0.1 +1.80 +107.1 autorepo on CS 43.7 0.1 181.2 0.6 -137.5 -75.9 Investment funds securities 0 0 <0.1 <0.1 -<0.1 -100.0 IFO bonds 0 0 40.1 0.1 -40.1 -100.0 Futures 0 0 1.1 <0.1 -1.1 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ Total trades volume 66,499.2 100.0 29,418.0 100.0 +37,081.2 +126.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ mln USD --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ Foreign currency 256,796.9 74.7 118,934.3 71.9 +137,862.7 +115.9 including: spot-market 42,009.3 12.2 60,591.9 36.6 -18,582.6 -30.7 swap-market 214,787.6 62.5 58,342.4 35.3 +156,445.2 +268.2 Kazakhstan GS 2,143.0 0.6 5,458.3 3.3 -3,315.3 -60.7 including: primary market 2,105.6 0.6 4,601.4 2.8 -2,495.8 -54.2 secondary market 37.4 <0.1 856.9 0.5 -819.5 -95.6 Shares 4,657.8 1.4 532.6 0.3 +4,125.2 +774.6 Corporate debt securities 4,253.1 1.2 906.3 0.5 +3,346.8 +369.3 Repo transactions: 75,946.8 22.1 39,268.6 23.8 +36,678.3 +93.4 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0.6 <0.1 -0.6 -100.0 autorepo on GS 75,716.1 22.0 38,245.9 23.1 +37,470.2 +98.0 "nego" repo on CS 15.4 <0.1 9.2 <0.1 +6.2 +67.2 autorepo on CS 215.3 0.1 1,012.8 0.6 -797.5 -78.7 Investment funds securities 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 IFO bonds 0 0 220.5 0.1 -220.5 -100.0 Futures 0 0 7.3 <0.0 -7.3 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ Total trades volume 343,797.7 100.0 165,327.9 99.9 +178,469.8 +107.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; UIT – Unit Investment Fund, CS – corporate serial securities; corporate debt CS – corporate serial debt securities; "nego" 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. [2015-10-05]