In January 2014 volume of trades on KASE increased by 73.9% and made up KZT3.4 trln ($21.7 bn)

/KASE, February 6, 14/ – In January 2014 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT3,352.2 bn (equivalent of USD21,738.9 m) and increased against the similar 2013 period by 73.9 % (70.0 % in USD). In comparison with December 2013 the trades volume decreased by 3.4 % (3.7 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in January 2014 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2013. ------------------------------------ ------------------ ------------------ I, 2014 I, 2013 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 2,393.2 71.4 1,030.0 53.4 +1,363.2 +132.3 including: spot-market 1,137.7 33.9 555.4 28.8 +582.3 +104.8 swap-market 1,255.5 37.5 474.6 24.6 +780.9 +164.5 Kazakhstan GS 76.4 2.3 , 75.8 3.9 , +0.6 +0.8 including: primary market 67.3 2.0 55.8 2.9 +11.5 +20.7 secondary market 9.1 0.3 , 20.1 1.0 , -10.9 -54.5 Shares 3.9 0.1 8.4 0.4 -4.4 -52.5 Corporate debt 17.1 0.5 , 5.9 0.3 , +11.2 +189.9 securities Repo transactions: 860.5 25.7 , 807.3 41.9 , +53.2 +6.6 including: "nego" repo on GS 846.1 25.2 798.5 41.4 +47.6 +6.0 autorepo on GS <0.1 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 -0.3 -95.4 "nego" repo on CS 14.4 0.4 8.5 0.4 +5.9 +69.4 Investment funds <0.1 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 -0.1 -94.1 securities Futures 1.1 <0.1 , 0.8 <0.1 , +0.3 +41.8 ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 3,352.2 100.0 , 1,928.2 100.0 , +1,424.2 +73.9 ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ mln USD , , , , , , ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 15,554.9 71.6 6,832.1 53.4 +8,722.8 +127.7 including: spot-market 7,332.8 33.7 3,683.4 28.8 +3,649.4 +99.1 swap-market 8,222.1 37.8 3,148.7 24.6 +5,073.4 +161.1 Kazakhstan GS 492.6 2.3 , 502.9 3.9 , -10.3 -2.1 including: primary market 433.8 2.0 369.9 2.9 +63.9 +17.3 secondary market 58.8 0.3 , 133.0 1.0 , -74.2 -55.8 Shares 25.4 0.1 56.0 0.4 -29.6 -53.8 Corporate debt 110.5 0.5 , 39.2 0.3 , +71.3 +181.7 securities Repo transactions: 5,548.6 25.5 , 5,355.8 41.9 , +192.7 +3.6 including: "nego" repo on GS 5,455.3 25.1 5,297.6 41.4 +157.7 +3.0 autorepo on GS 0.1 <0.1 1.8 <0.1 -1.7 -95.5 "nego" repo on CS 93.2 0.4 56.4 0.4 +36.7 +65.1 Investment funds 0.1 <0.1 1.0 <0.1 -1.0 -94.3 securities Futures 7.0 <0.1 , 5.1 <0.1 , +1.9 +37.8 ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 21,738.9 100.0 , 12,791.1 100.0 , +8,947.8 +70.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; UIT – Unit Investment Fund, CS – corporate serial securities; corporate debt CS – corporate serial debt 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. Information on notes and futures is not provided due to absence of deals in such instruments in the compared periods. [2014-02-06]