In January–May 2017 volume of trading on KASE repo transactions market increased by 23.5 % and made up KZT29.6 trln ($93.2 bn)

/KASE, June 7, 2017/ – In January–May 2017 the volume of trading on the repo transactions market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT29,646.8 bn (equivalent of USD93,237.4 mln) and increased against the similar period of 2016 by 23.5 % (by 33.9% in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous five-month period (August–December 2016) the trades volume increased by 33.4 % (41.7 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated on amounts raised) in this exchange market sector in 2017 with the breakdown by sector, and comparative data of 2016 (KZT bn, unless otherwise specified). --------------------------------------------------------- Auto repo Nego repo Trade volume Year, -------- -------- -------- -- -------- -------- month CS GS CS GS bn,KZT m,USD --------- -------- -------- -------- -- -------- -------- 2017, I 585.7 4,844.2 6.6 0 5,436.4 16,444.1 2017, II 699.2 5,306.9 7.8 0 6,013.9 18,838.9 2017, III 852.3 5,156.2 12.8 0 6,021.4 19,046.0 2017, IV 748.8 4,970.5 11.2 0 5,730.4 18,355.4 2017, V 863.8 5,558.2 22.7 0 6,444.7 20,552.9 --------- -------- -------- -------- -- -------- -------- Total 3,749.7 25,836.0 61.1 0 29,646.8 93,237.4 --------- -------- -------- -------- -- -------- -------- 2016, I–V 52.6 23,944.7 3.9 0 24,001.2 69,621.0 trend, % +7,033.8 +7.9 +1,452.5 X +23.5 +33.9 --------------------------------------------------------- CS – corporate serial securities; GS – government serial securities; nego repo – repo transactions carried out directly (with conclusion of nego opening and closing repo deals). [2017-06-07]