/KASE, October 10, 2016/ – In January–September 2016 the volume of corporate bond trading on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT381.5 bn (equivalent of US$1,111.0 mln) and decreased 54.6 % against the similar period of 2015 (by 73.9 % in dollar terms).

In comparison with the previous nine-month period (April–December 2015) the bonds trade volume decreased by 64.2 % (by 76.5 % in dollar terms).

The table below shows the trade volume in the mentioned exchange market sector in 2016 with breakdown by month and comparative data of the similar period of 2015 (in the buying-selling sector bonds placement deals are possible).

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                Placement Purchase and sale*         Total*
Year,      -------------- ------------------ --------------
month      KZT bn USD mln   KZT bn   USD mln KZT bn USD mln
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2016,I        0.6     1.5      6.7      18.1    7.3    19.6
2016,II       0.2     0.6      2.6       7.2    2.8     7.8
2016,III      0.1     0.3      5.4      15.7    5.5    16.0
2016, IV     50.0   149.7      3.0       9.1   53.1   158.8
2016, V      85.7   255.3      0.3       1.0   86.0   256.3
2016, VI     36.8   110.3      0.4       1.1   37.1   111.4
2016, VII    38.5   109.3     13.2      38.1   51.7   147.4
2016, VIII  128.5   365.9      9.0      26.6  137.6   392.6
2016, IX        0       0      0,4       1.2    0.4     1.2
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Total       340.5   993.0     41.0     118.1  381.5 1,111.0
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2015, I–IX  773.5 3,901.1     67.2     352.1  840.7 4,253.1
trend, %    -56.0   -74.5    -39.0     -66.5  -54.6   -73.9
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* excluding the repo transactions market deals.

[2016-10-10]