In January-May 2021 amount of GS trading on KASE made up KZT1.5 trln

/KASE, June 10, 2021/ – In January-May 2021, the volume of trading in government securities (GS) on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT1,458.0 bn decreasing by 16.4 % YoY. Compared with the preceding five-month period (August-December) of 2020, the trading volume decreased by 13.4 %. The table below shows the trading volume (bn KZT) in the mentioned exchange market sector in 2021 and comparative data of 2020. ---------------------------------------------------- Year, month Primary market Secondary market* Total* ----------- -------------- ----------------- ------- 2021, I 274.3 68.1 342.3 2021, II 238.5 60.5 299.0 2021, III 212.5 71.0 283.4 2021, IV 106.1 159.5 265.6 2021, V 212.5 55.3 267.7 ----------- -------------- ----------------- ------- Grand total 1,043.7 414.3 1,458.0 ----------- -------------- ----------------- ------- 2020, I-V 1,295.8 448.3 1,744.1 trend, % -19.4 -7.6 -16.4 ---------------------------------------------------- * excluding deals on repo market. [2021-06-10]