In January-July 2018 volume of trades on KASE decreased by 24.5 % to KZT74.5 trln ($226.8 bn)

/KASE, August 9, 2018/ –In January-July 2018 the amount of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT74,527.1 bn (equivalent of USD226,823.1 mln) and decreased by 24.5 % (by 26.8 % in dollar terms) against the similar period of 2017. In comparison with previous seven-month period (June -December) of 2017 the trades volume increased by 9.0%. The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in 2018 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2017. ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------ I–VII, 2018 I–VII, 2017 trend ------------- ----------- ------------- --------- --------- ------ Exchange market sector Trades volume Structue % Trades volume structure measuring % % currency Bn tenge --------------------------- ------------- ----------- - ------------- --------- - --------- ------ Securities market 1,896.3 2.5 1,825.3 1.9 +71.0 +3.9 Shares 238.1 0.3 212.0 0.2 +26.1 +12.3 – primary market 0.5 <0.1 7.6 <0.1 -7.1 -93.1 – secondary market 237.6 0.3 204.3 0.2 +33.2 +16.3 Corporate debt securities 454.9 0.6 128.6 0.1 +326.3 +253.8 – primary market 177.7 0.2 83.2 0.1 +94.4 +113.5 – secondary market 277.2 0.4 45.3 <0.1 +231.9 +511.3 Kazakhstan GS 867.2 1.2 1,464.2 1.5 -597.0 -40.8 – primary market 477.9 0.6 1,357.9 1.4 -880.0 -64.8 – secondary market 389.3 0.5 106.3 0.1 +283.0 +266.4 IFI bonds 58.6 0.1 20.2 <0.1 +38.3 +189.4 Investment trust securities 0.3 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 -0.1 -25.5 Securities market 277.3 0.4 0 0 +277.3 x Foreign currency market 7,609.3 10.2 6,325.4 6.4 +1,283.9 +20.3 Money market 65,021.5 87.2 90,503.1 91.7 -25,481.6 -28.2 Repo transactions 44,263.5 59.4 41,797.9 42.4 +2,465.5 +5.9 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 43,270.5 58.1 36,984.3 37.5 +6,286.2 +17.0 – "nego" repo on CS 81.6 0.1 98.9 0.1 -17.3 -17.5 – auto repo on CS 860.7 1.2 4,694.6 4.8 -3,833.9 -81.7 – repo with netting 50.7 0.1 20.1 <0.1 +30.6 +151.7 Currency swap transactions 20,758.0 27.9 48,705.1 49.4 -27,947.1 -57.4 – in US dollar 20,758.0 27.9 48,705.1 49.4 -27,947.1 -57.4 – in euro 0 0 0 0 0 x Derivatives market 0 0 5.0 <0.1 5.0 -100.0 Futures 0 0 5.0 <0.1 5.0 -100.0 --------------------------- ------------- ----------- - ------------- --------- - --------- ------ TOTAL 74,527.1 100.0 98,658.7 100.0 -24,131.7 -24.5 --------------------------- ------------- ----------- - ------------- --------- - --------- ------ mln US dollar --------------------------- ------------- ----------- - ------------- --------- - --------- ------ Securities market 5 718.3 2.5 5 707.1 1.8 +11.2 +0.2 Shares 706.1 0.3 657.4 0.2 +48.7 +7.4 – primary market 1.6 <0.1 23.8 <0.1 -22.2 -93.3 – secondary market 704.5 0.3 633.7 0.2 +70.9 +11.2 Corporate debt securities 1 370.3 0.6 406.1 0.1 +964.1 +237.4 – primary market 530.9 0.2 265.9 0.1 +265.0 +99.7 – secondary market 839.4 0.4 140.3 <0.1 +699.1 +498.4 Kazakhstan GS 2 598.8 1.1 4 577.7 1.5 -1 978.9 -43.2 – primary market 1 428.6 0.6 4 245.8 1.4 -2 817.3 -66.4 – secondary market 1 170.3 0.5 331.9 0.1 +838.4 +252.6 IFI bonds 174.3 0.1 64.7 <0.1 +109.5 +169.2 Investment trust securities 0.8 <0.1 1.1 <0.1 -0.3 -29.5 Securities market 868.0 0.4 0 0 +868.0 x Foreign currency market 23 129.7 10.2 19 838.1 6.4 +3 291.6 +16.6 Money market 197 975.1 87.3 284 291.9 91.8 -86 316.8 -30.4 Repo transactions 134 552.4 59.3 131 048.0 42.3 +3 504.4 +2.7 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 131 528.6 58.0 115 920.0 37.4 +15 608.7 +13.5 – "nego" repo on CS 250.9 0.1 310.4 0.1 -59.6 -19.2 – auto repo on CS 2 618.9 1.2 14 754.5 4.8 -12 135.7 -82.3 – repo with netting 154.0 0.1 63.0 <0.1 +91.0 +144.3 Currency swap transactions 63 422.7 28.0 153 243.9 49.5 -89 821.2 -58.6 – in US dollar 63 422.7 28.0 153 243.9 49.5 -89 821.2 -58.6 – in euro 0 0 0 0 0 x Derivatives market 0 0 15.2 <0.1 -15.2 -100.0 Futures 0 0 15.2 <0.1 -15.2 -100.0 --------------------------- ------------- ----------- - ------------- --------- - --------- ------ TOTAL 226 823,1 100,0 309 852,3 100,0 -83 029,2 -26,8 ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------ Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; IFI – international financial institutions; 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 [2018-08-09]