In January-May 2018 volume of GS trades on KASE decreased by 10.4% to KZT366.2 bn

/KASE, 12.06.18/ – In January-May 2018, the volume of trades in government securities (GS) on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT366.2 bn decreasing by 10.4 % against the corresponding period of 2017. The trading volume decreased by 29.8% compared to previous five-month period (August-December) of 2017. The table below shows the trade volume (bn tenge) in the mentioned exchange market sector in 2018 and comparative data of 2017. ------------------------------------------------- Year, Primary market Secondary market* Total* month --------- -------------- ----------------- ------ 2018, I 5.2 10.5 15.8 2018, II 1.9 30.6 32.5 2018, III 40.6 41.6 82.2 2018, IV 43.5 30.0 73.5 2018, V 97.7 64.6 162.3 --------- -------------- ----------------- ------ Total 188.9 177.3 366.2 --------- -------------- ----------------- ------ 2017, I–V 320.8 88.2 409.0 trend, % -41.1 +101.0 -10.4 ------------------------------------------------- * excluding deals on repo market [2018-06-12]