In January-September 2018 volume of trading in corporate bonds on KASE increased 3.4 times to KZT1,338.1 bn

/KASE, October 16, 2018/ – In January- September 2018 the volume of trading in corporate bonds on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT1,338.1 bn increasing 3.4 times against the corresponding period of 2017. In comparison with previous nine-month period (April-December) of 2017, trades volume increased by 16.9%. The table below shows the trades volume (bn tenge) in this sector of the exchange market in 2018, and comparative data from 2017 (in the secondary market sector bond offering deals are possible). --------------------------------------------------- Year, Primary market Secondary market Total * Month ----------- -------------- ---------------- ------- 2018, I 5.0 3.3 8.3 2018, II 50.9 8.2 59.1 2018, III 0 10.4 10.4 2018, IV 0 10.8 10.8 2018, V 0.5 194.5 195.1 2018, VI 120.7 16.0 136.7 2018, VII 0.7 33.9 34.6 2018, VIII 9.1 9.8 18.9 2018, IX 847.5 16.8 864.3 ----------- -------------- ---------------- ------- Total 1 034.3 303.8 1,338.1 ----------- -------------- ---------------- ------- 2017, I– IX 192.1 201.1 393.1 trend, % +438.5 +51.1 +240.4 --------------------------------------------------- * excluding the repo market transactions deals [2018-10-16]