Volume of trades on KASE decreased by 15,6 % to KZT127.8 trln ($372.1 bn) in 2018

/KASE, January 21, 2018/ – In 2018, the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT127,843.7 bn (equivalent of USD372,109.5 mln) and decreased by 15.6 % (by 20.4 % in dollar terms) against the similar period of 2017. 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–XII, 2018 I–XII, 2017 Trend ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ Exchange market sector trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ bn tenge --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ Securities market 4,872.8 3.8 3,450.4 2.3 1,422.4 41.2 Shares 539.8 0.4 269.4 0.2 270.4 100.4 – primary market 0.5 <0.1 7.6 <0.1 -7.1 -93.1 – secondary market 539.3 0.4 261.8 0.2 277.5 106.0 Corporate debt securities 2,309.4 1.8 1,153.8 0.8 1,155.6 100.2 – primary market 1,858.2 1.5 864.5 0.6 993.7 114.9 – secondary market 451.2 0.4 289.3 0.2 161.9 56.0 Kazakhstan GS 1,644.8 1.3 1,985.8 1.3 -341.0 -17.2 – primary market 853.4 0.7 1,733.1 1.1 -879.6 -50.8 – secondary market 791.4 0.6 252.8 0.2 538.6 213.1 IFI bonds 101.0 0.1 40.2 <0.1 60.8 151.0 Investment trust securities 0.4 <0.1 1.1 <0.1 -0.6 -58.7 Derivatives 277.3 0.2 0 0 277.3 x Foreign currency market 13,445.5 10.5 12,321.5 8.1 1,124.1 9.1 Money market 109,525.3 85.7 135,726.4 89.6 -26,201.1 -19.3 Repo transactions 75,861.9 59.3 73,790.2 48.7 2,071.7 2.8 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 74,359.4 58.2 68,483.4 45.2 5,876.1 8.6 – "nego" repo on CS 85.7 0.1 222.1 0.1 -136.3 -61.4 – auto repo on CS 1,332.7 1.0 5,024.9 3.3 -3,692.2 -73.5 – repo with netting 84.0 0.1 59.8 <0.1 24.1 40.3 Currency swap transactions 33,663.4 26.3 61,936.2 40.9 -28,272.8 -45.6 – in US dollar 33,663.2 26.3 61,936.2 40.9 -28,273.0 -45.6 – in euro 0 0 0 0 0 x – in ruble 0.2 <0.1 0 0 0.2 x Derivatives market 0 0 22.1 <0.1 -22.1 -100.0 Futures 0 0 22.1 <0.1 -22.1 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ TOTAL 127,843.7 100.0 151,520.3 100.0 -23,676.6 -15.6 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ mln US dollar --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ Securities market 13,864.2 3.7 10,575.7 2.3 3,288.5 31.1 Shares 1,534.5 0.4 828.9 0.2 705.6 85.1 – primary market 1.6 <0.1 23.8 <0.1 -22.2 -93.3 – secondary market 1,532.9 0.4 805.1 0.2 727.7 90.4 Corporate debt securities 6,449.8 1.7 3,482.5 0.7 2,967.3 85.2 – primary market 5,140.6 1.4 2,611.8 0.6 2,528.8 96.8 – secondary market 1,309.2 0.4 870.6 0.2 438.6 50.4 Kazakhstan GS 4,722.3 1.3 6,137.2 1.3 -1,414.9 -23.1 – primary market 2,457.6 0.7 5,368.2 1.1 -2,910.6 -54.2 – secondary market 2,264.6 0.6 768.9 0.2 1,495.7 194.5 IFI bonds 288.3 0.1 124.0 <0.1 164.3 132.6 Investment trust securities 1.3 <0.1 3.2 <0.1 -2.0 -61.0 Derivatives 868.0 0.2 0 0 868.0 x Foreign currency market 39,065.0 10.5 37,726.3 8.1 1,338.7 3.5 Money market 319,180.3 85.8 419,318.3 89.7 -100,138.0 -23.9 Repo transactions 220,628.5 59.3 226,545.8 48.4 -5,917.3 -2.6 – "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0 0 0 x – auto repo on GS 216,217.6 58.1 209,945.0 44.9 6,272.6 3.0 – "nego" repo on CS 262.3 0.1 678.0 0.1 -415.7 -61.3 – auto repo on CS 3,903.9 1.0 15,741.2 3.4 -11,837.3 -75.2 – repo with netting 244.6 0.1 181.6 <0.1 63.1 34.7 Currency swap transactions 98,551.8 26.5 192,772.5 41.2 -94,220.7 -48.9 – in US dollar 98,551.2 26.5 192,772.5 41.2 -94,221.3 -48.9 – in euro 0 0 0 0 0 x – in ruble 0.6 <0.1 0 0 0.6 x Derivatives market 0 0 66.2 <0.1 -66.2 -100.0 Futures 0 0 66.2 <0.1 -66.2 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- ------ TOTAL 372,109.5 100.0 467,686.5 100.0 -95,577.0 -20.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2019-01-24]