In January-March 2021 volume of trading in corporate bonds on KASE made up KZT574.8 bn

/KASE, April 14, 2021/ – In January–February 2021 the volume of trading in corporate bonds on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT574.8 bn increasing by 98.7 % YoY. In comparison with the preceding three-month period (October–December) of 2020 the trading volume decreased by 58.5 %. The table below shows the trades volume (bn tenge) in this sector of the exchange market in 2021, and comparative data from 2020 (in the secondary market sector bond offering deals are possible). -------------------------------------------------- Year, Month Primary market Secondary market Total* ----------- -------------- ---------------- ------ 2021, I 70.4 164.4 234.8 2021, II 82.2 77.9 160.1 2021, III 159.6 20.3 180.0 ----------- -------------- ---------------- ------ Grand 312.2 262.6 574.8 total ----------- -------------- ---------------- ------ 2020, I-III 232.8 56.5 289.4 trend, % 34.1 364.4 98.7 -------------------------------------------------- * excluding deals on the repo transactions market [2021-04-14]