In January–May 2017 volume of trades on KASE increased by 69.5 % and made up KZT69.6 trln ($219.2 bn)

/KASE, June 7, 2017/ – In January–May 2017 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT69,600.2 bn (equivalent of USD219,235.3 mln) and increased by 69.5 % (85.8 % in dollar terms) against the similar period of 2016. In comparison with the previous five-month period (August–December 2016) the trades volume increased by 87.3 % (99.2 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the first five months of 2017 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2016. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-V, 2017 I–V, 2016 Trend --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- bn KZT --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Foreign currency 39,419.2 56.6 16,508.8 40.2 +22,910.5 +138.8 including: spot-market 4,198.9 6.0 4,522.1 11.0 -323.2 -7.1 swap-market 35,220.3 50.6 11,986.7 29.2 +23,233.7 +193.8 Kazakhstan GS 409.0 0.6 325.9 0.8 +83.1 +25.5 including: primary market 320.8 0.5 180.0 0.4 +140.8 +78.2 secondary market 88.2 0.1 145.9 0.4 -57.7 -39.5 Shares 57.2 0.1 60.5 0.1 -3.3 -5.5 Corporate debt securities 52.7 0.1 154.7 0.4 -102.0 -66.0 Repo transactions: 29,646.8 42.6 24,001.2 58.5 +5,645.7 +23.5 including: autorepo on GS 25,836.0 37.1 23,944.7 58.3 +1,891.3 +7.9 "nego" repo on CS 61.1 0.1 3.9 <0.1 +57.2 +1,452.5 autorepo on CS 3,749.7 5.4 52.6 0.1 +3,697.1 +7,033.8 Investment funds securities 15.0 <0.1 0 0 +15.0 X Bonds of IFOs 0.3 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 -0.1 -17.1 Futures <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 0 +<0.1 +3,111.8 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Total trades volume 69,600.2 100.0 41,051.4 100.0 +28,548.8 +69.5 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- mln USD --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Foreign currency 124,318.1 56.7 46,819.5 39.7 +77,498.7 +165.5 including: spot-market 13,252.5 6.0 13,030.6 11.0 +222.0 +1.7 swap-market 111,065.6 50.7 33,788.9 28.6 +77,276.7 +228.7 Kazakhstan GS 1,282.7 0.6 926.2 0.8 +356.4 +38.5 including: primary market 1,006.5 0.5 492.8 0.4 +513.7 +104.2 secondary market 276.1 0.1 433.4 0.4 -157.3 -36.3 Shares 180.3 0.1 178.5 0.2 +1.8 +1.0 Corporate debt securities 167.6 0.1 458.5 0.4 -290.9 -63.4 Repo transactions: 93,237.4 42.5 69,621.0 59.0 +23,616.4 +33.9 including: autorepo on GS 81,246.6 37.1 69,458.1 58.9 +11,788.4 +17.0 "nego" repo on CS 193.3 0.1 11.4 <0.1 +181.9 +1,592.6 autorepo on CS 11,797.6 5.4 151.4 0.1 +11,646.1 +7,690.3 Investment funds securities 48.2 <0.1 0 0 +48.2 X Bonds of IFOs 1.0 <0.1 1.1 <0.1 -0.1 -10.8 Futures <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 0 +<0.1 +3,670.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Total trades volume 219,235.3 100.0 118,004.8 100.0 +101,230.5 +85.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2017-06-07]