In January-September 2018 volume of trades on KASE decreased by 19,1 % to KZT96.3 trln ($286.9 bn)

/KASE, October 16, 2018/ – In January-September 2018 the amount of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT96,329.9 bn (equivalent of USD286,945.3 mln) and decreased by 19.1 % (by 22.5 % in dollar terms) against the similar period of 2017. In comparison with previous nine-month period (April-December) of 2017 the trades volume decreased by 14.8%. The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in 2018 broken down by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2017. --------------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------ I–IX, 2018 I– IX, 2017 Trend ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------ Exchange market sector trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ bn tenge --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ Securities market 3,481.4 3.6 2,249.5 1.9 +1,231.8 +54.8 Shares 475.8 0.5 238.1 0.2 +237.6 +99.8 – primary market 0.5 <0.1 7.6 <0.1 -7.1 -93.1 – secondary market 475.2 0.5 230.5 0.2 +244.7 +106.2 Corporate debt securities 1,338.1 1.4 393.1 0.3 +945.0 +240.4 – primary market 1,034.3 1.1 192.1 0.2 +842.2 +438.5 – secondary market 303.8 0.3 201.1 0.2 +102.8 +51.1 Kazakhstan GS 1,329.3 1.4 1,597.1 1.3 -267.7 -16.8 – primary market 738.5 0.8 1,398.6 1.2 -660.1 -47.2 – secondary market 590.9 0.6 198.5 0.2 +392.3 +197.6 IFI bonds 60.6 0.1 20.2 <0.1 +40.4 +199.4 Investment trust securities 0.3 <0.1 1.0 <0.1 -0.7 -70.7 Derivatives 277.3 0.3 0 0 +277.3 x Foreign currency market 10,429.0 10.8 8,932.5 7.5 +1,496.5 +16.8 Money market 82,419.5 85.6 107,813.3 90.6 -25,393.8 -23.6 Repo transactions 56,936.3 59.1 54,801.8 46.0 +2,134.5 +3.9 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 55,770.2 57.9 49,809.2 41.9 +5,961.0 +12.0 – "nego" repo on CS 83.4 0.1 159.3 0.1 -75.9 -47.6 – auto repo on CS 1,020.2 1.1 4,797.8 4.0 -3,777.6 -78.7 – repo with netting 62.5 0.1 35.5 <0.1 +27.0 +76.0 Currency swap transactions 25,483.2 26.5 53,011.6 44.5 -27,528.3 -51.9 – in US dollar 25,483.1 26.5 53,011.6 44.5 -27,528.4 -51.9 – in euro 0 0 0 0 0 x – in ruble 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 x Derivatives market 0 0 13.6 <0.1 -13.6 -100.0 Futures 0 0 13.6 <0.1 -13.6 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ TOTAL 96,329.9 100.0 119,009.0 100.0 -22,679.1 -19.1 --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ mln US dollar --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ Securities market 10,114.0 3.5 6,974.8 1.9 +3,139.3 +45.0 Shares 1,359.7 0.5 735.5 0.2 +624.2 +84.9 – primary market 1.6 <0.1 23.8 <0.1 -22.2 -93.3 – secondary market 1,358.1 0.5 711.7 0.2 +646.3 +90.8 Corporate debt securities 3,835.9 1.3 1,197.3 0.3 +2,638.6 +220.4 – primary market 2,923.2 1.0 591.1 0.2 +2,332.1 +394.5 – secondary market 912.8 0.3 606.2 0.2 +306.6 +50.6 Kazakhstan GS 3,869.9 1.3 4,974.3 1.3 -1,104.3 -22.2 – primary market 2,147.7 0.7 4,367.8 1.2 -2,220.1 -50.8 – secondary market 1,722.2 0.6 606.5 0.2 +1,115.7 +184.0 IFI bonds 179.6 0.1 64.7 <0.1 +114.9 +177.4 Investment trust securities 0.8 <0.1 2.9 <0.1 -2.1 -71.4 Derivatives 868.0 0.3 0 0 +868.0 x Foreign currency market 30,905.3 10.8 27,585.4 7.4 +3,319.9 +12.0 Money market 245,926.0 85.7 335,789.8 90.7 -89,863.8 -26.8 Repo transactions 169,490.7 59.1 169,739.8 45.8 -249.1 -0.1 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 165,988.7 57.8 154,079.2 41.6 +11,909.5 +7.7 – "nego" repo on CS 256.0 0.1 490.0 0.1 -233.9 -47.7 – auto repo on CS 3,059.3 1.1 15,061.8 4.1 -12,002.5 -79.7 – repo with netting 186.7 0.1 108.8 <0.1 +77.9 +71.6 Currency swap transactions 76,435.3 26.6 166,050.0 44.8 -89,614.7 -54.0 – in US dollar 76,435.0 26.6 166,050.0 44.8 -89,615.0 -54.0 – in euro 0 0 0 0 0 x – in ruble 0.3 <0.1 0 0 +0.3 x Derivatives market 0 0 40.8 <0.1 -40.8 -100.0 Futures 0 0 40.8 <0.1 -40.8 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------ TOTAL 286,945.3 100.0 370,390.8 100.0 -83,445.5 -22.5 --------------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------ 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. [2018-10-16]