In January–May 2016 volume of trades on KASE repo transaction market increased 2.4 times and made up KZT24,001.2 bn ($69.6 bn)

/KASE, June 7, 2016/ – In January–May 2016 the volume of trades on the repo transaction market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT24,001.2 bn (equivalent to USD69,621.0 mln) and increased 2.4 times (1.3 times in dollar terms) on the similar period of 2015. In comparison with the previous five-month period (August–December 2015) the trade volume increased 2 times (1.6 times in dollar terms). The table below shows the trading volume (calculated on amounts raised) in this exchange market sector in 2016 with the breakdown by month and sector, and comparative data of 2015 similar period (KZT bn, unless otherwise specified). ------------------------------------------------------ Auto repo Nego repo Trade volume Year, --------------- ---------- ----------------- month CS GS CS GS bn KZT m USD --------- ------ -------- ------- -- -------- -------- 2016, I 9.7 3,100.3 0.6 0 3,110.6 8,454.3 2016, II 12.0 3,931.3 0.3 0 3,943.6 11,027.4 2016, III 8.3 5,397.8 0.7 0 5,406.8 15,696.1 2016, IV 10.8 5,763.3 2.0 0 5,776.1 17,143.9 2016, V 11.7 5,752.0 0.4 0 5,764.1 17,299.2 --------- ------ -------- ------- -- -------- -------- Total 52.6 23,944.7 3.9 0 24,001.3 69,621.0 --------- ------ -------- ------- -- -------- -------- 2015, I–V 12.4 9,803.5 0.5 0 9,816.4 53,068.5 trend, % +322.5 +144.2 +751.3 Х +144.5 +31.2 ------------------------------------------------------ CS – corporate serial securities; GS – government serial securities; nego repo – repo transactions carried out directly (with conclusion of nego opening and closing deals). [2016-06-07]