In January–March 2016 volume of trades on KASE decreased by 21.3 % and made up KZT24.4 trln ($68.4 bn)

/KASE, April 7, 16/ – In January–March 2016 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT24,435.2 bn (equivalent of USD68,430.5 mln) decreasing by 21.3 % (59.3 % in dollar terms) against the respective period of 2015. In comparison with the previous three-month period (October–December 2015) the trades volume decreased by 4.1 % (decreased by 20.3 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the first three months of 2016 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the respective period of 2015. -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- I–III, 2016 I–III, 2015 Trend ---------------- ----------------- ------------------ Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- --------- -------- bn KZT --------------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- --------- -------- Foreign currency 11,746.3 48.1 23,920.4 77.0 -12,174.2 -50.9 including: spot-market 2,748.9 11.2 2,530.7 8.1 +218.2 +8.6 swap-market 8,997.4 36.8 21,389.8 68.9 -12,392.4 -57.9 Kazakhstan GS 193.4 0.8 289.4 0.9 -95.9 -33.2 including: primary market 180.0 0.7 289.1 0.9 -109.1 -37.7 secondary market 13.4 0.1 0.3 <0.1 +13.1 +4,185.3 Shares 18.9 0.1 4.7 <0.1 +14.2 +300.9 Corporate debt securities 15.5 0.1 163.4 0.5 -147.9 -90.5 Repo transactions: 12,461.0 51.0 6,685.8 21.5 +5,775.2 +86.4 including: autorepo on GS 12,429.4 50.9 6,679.0 21.5 +5,750.4 +86.1 "nego" repo on CS 1.5 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 +1.3 +731.8 autorepo on CS 30.0 0.1 6.7 <0.0 +23.4 +351.4 Investment funds securities 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 Х --------------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- --------- -------- Futures <0.1 <0.1 0 0 <+0.1 X --------------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- --------- -------- Total trades volume 24,435.2 100.0 31,063.7 100.0 -6628.5 -21.3 --------------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- --------- -------- mln USD --------------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- --------- -------- Foreign currency 32,623.3 47.7 129,558.2 77.0 -96,934.9 -74.8 including: spot-market 7,728.9 11.3 13,706.4 8.1 -5,977.5 -43.6 swap-market 24,894.4 36.4 115,851.8 68.9 -90,957.4 -78.5 Kazakhstan GS 531.3 0.8 1,567.8 0.9 -1,036.5 -66.1 including: primary market 492.8 0.7 1,566.1 0.9 -1,073.2 -68.5 secondary market 38.5 0.1 1.7 <0.1 +36.8 +2,166.0 Shares 54.4 0.1 25.5 <0.1 +28.9 +113.4 Corporate debt securities 43.4 0.1 882.9 0.5 -839.6 -95.1 Repo transactions: 35,177.8 51.4 36,216.7 21.5 -1,038.9 -2.9 including: autorepo on GS 35,089.6 51.3 36,179.7 21.5 -1,090.2 -3.0 "nego" repo on CS 4.3 <0.1 1.0 <0.1 +3.3 +328.3 autorepo on CS 84.0 0.1 36.0 <0.1 +48.0 +133.4 Investment funds securities 0.2 <0.1 0 0 +0.2 X --------------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- --------- -------- Futures <0.1 <0.1 0 0 <+0.1 X --------------------------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- --------- -------- Total trades volume 68,430.3 100.0 168,251.1 100.0 -9,9820.6 -59.3 -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; UIT – Unit Investment Fund, corporate debt CS – corporate serial debt securities; CS – corporate serial 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. [2016-04-07]