In January–October 2018 volume of GS trades on KASE decreased by 17.9 % to KZT1.5 trln

/KASE, November 7, 2018/ – In January–October 2018, the volume of trades in government securities (GS) on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT1,459.4 bn decreasing by 17.9 %.against the corresponding period of 2017. The trading volume decreased by 17.4% compared to the previous ten-month period (March–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, month Primary market Secondary market* Total* ---------- -------------- ----------------- ------- 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 2018, VI 123.2 143.7 266.9 2018, VII 165.8 68.3 234.1 2018, VIII 178.8 90.8 269.6 2018, IX 81.7 110.8 192.5 2018, X 12.5 117.6 130.1 ---------- -------------- ----------------- ------- total 751.0 708.4 1,459.4 ---------- -------------- ----------------- ------- 2017, I–X 1,567.7 209.7 1,777.4 trend, % -52.1 +237.8 -17.9 --------------------------------------------------- * excluding deals on repo market [2018-11-07]