In January–June 2017 volume of trades on KASE increased by 80.1 % and made up KZT88.7 trln ($279.1 bn)

/KASE, June 7, 2017/ – In January–June 2017 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT88,660.3 bn (equivalent of USD279,070.0 mln) and increased by 80.1 % (96.1 % in dollar terms) against the similar period of 2016. In comparison with the previous six-month period (July–December 2016) the trades volume increased by 96.5 % (108.3 % 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-VI, 2017 I–VI, 2016 Trend --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- bn KZT --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Foreign currency 52,187.8 58.9 19,326.3 39.3 +32,861.4 +170.0 including: spot-market 5,320.4 6.0 5,424.3 11.0 -103.8 -1.9 swap-market 46,867.3 52.9 13,902.1 28.2 +32,965.3 +237.1 Kazakhstan GS 437.4 0.5 334.0 0.7 +103.4 +31.0 including: primary market 340.2 0.4 181.7 0.4 +158.5 +87.2 secondary market 97.2 0.1 152.3 0.3 -55.1 -36.2 Shares 90.6 0.1 80.4 0.2 +10.2 +12.7 Corporate debt securities 101.1 0.1 191.8 0.4 -90.8 -47.3 Repo transactions: 35,822.8 40.4 29,301.2 59.5 +6,521.6 +22.3 including: autorepo on GS 31,217.8 35.2 29,220.6 59.4 +1,997.2 +6.8 "nego" repo on CS 95.9 0.1 5.2 <0.1 +90.8 +1,757.3 autorepo on CS 4,509.0 5.1 75.4 0.2 +4,433.6 +5,878.9 Investment funds securities 20.2 <0.1 0 0 +20.2 X Bonds of IFOs 0.3 <0.1 0.5 <0.1 -0.1 -28.8 Futures <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <+0.1 +3,111.8 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Total trades volume 88,660.3 100.0 49,234.2 100.0 +39,426.0 +80.1 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- mln USD --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Foreign currency 164,344.6 58.9 55,182.2 38.8 +109,162.3 +197.8 including: spot-market 16,749.7 6.0 15,710.2 11.0 +1,039.4 +6.6 swap-market 147,594.9 52.9 39,472.0 27.7 +108,122.9 +273.9 Kazakhstan GS 1,370.9 0.5 950.3 0.7 +420.6 +44.3 including: primary market 1,066.9 0.4 497.9 0.3 +569.1 +114.3 secondary market 304.0 0.1 452.5 0.3 -148.5 -32.8 Shares 285.6 0.1 237.4 0.2 +48.2 +20.3 Corporate debt securities 321.9 0.1 569.9 0.4 -248.0 -43.5 Repo transactions: 112,681.2 40.4 85,385.0 60.0 +27,296.2 +32.0 including: autorepo on GS 98,200.6 35.2 85,150.6 59.8 +13,049.9 +15.3 "nego" repo on CS 302.4 0.1 15.1 <0.1 +287.4 +1,906.9 autorepo on CS 14,178.2 5.1 219.3 0.2 +13,958.9 +6,364.2 Investment funds securities 64.7 <0.1 0 0 +64.7 X Bonds of IFOs 1.1 <0.1 1.4 <0.1 -0.3 -23.5 Futures <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <+0.1 +3,670.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Total trades volume 279,070.0 100.0 142,326.2 100.0 +136,743.7 +96.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2017-07-12]