In January – February 2014 volume of trades on KASE increased by 86.7 % and made up KZT7.2 trln ($43.5 bn)

/KASE, March 6, 14/ – In January – February 2014 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT7,160.5 bn (equivalent of USD43,526.4 mln) increasing by 86.7% (71.0 % in dollar terms) against the similar 2013 period. In comparison with the previous two month period (November–December 2013) the trades volume increased by 13.0 % (4.9 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the first two months of 2014 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2013. ------------------------------------ ------------------ ------------------ I–II, 2014 I–II, 2013 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 5,284.9 73.8 2,328.8 60.7 +2,956.0 +126.9 including: spot-market 2,766.9 38.6 1,228.6 32.0 +1,538.3 +125.2 swap-market 2,517.9 35.2 1,100.3 28.7 +1,417.7 +128.8 Kazakhstan GS 146.6 2.0 155.9 4.1 +9.3 -6.0 including: primary market 127.6 1.8 112.2 2.9 +15.4 +13.7 secondary market 19.0 0.3 43.7 1.1 -24.7 -56.5 Shares 8.2 0.1 11.6 0.3 -3.4 -29.4 Corporate debt securities 42.9 0.6 17.8 0.5 +25.2 +141.5 Repo transactions: 1,676.7 23.4 1,319.4 34.4 +357.3 +27.1 including: autorepo on GS 1,645.5 23.0 1,303.9 34.0 +341.6 +26.2 "nego" repo on CS 0.3 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 -0.01 -3.6 autorepo on CS 31.0 0.4 15.2 0.4 +15.8 +103.7 Investment funds securities <0.1 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 -0.1 -94.1 ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 X ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Futures 1.1 <0.1 0.8 <0.1 +0.3 +41.8 ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 7,160.5 100.0 3,834.4 100.0 +3,326.1 +86.7 ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ mln USD ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 32,054.6 73.6 15,465.4 60.7 +16,589.2 +107.3 including: spot-market 16,589.5 38.1 8,158.7 32.0 +8,430.8 +103.3 swap-market 15,465.1 35.5 7,306.7 28.7 +8,158.4 +111.7 Kazakhstan GS 880.6 2.0 1 035.0 4.1 -154.5 -14.9 including: primary market 766.6 1.8 744.6 2.9 +22.1 +3.0 secondary market 113.9 0.3 290.4 1.1 -176.5 -60.8 Shares 49.4 0.1 76.6 0.3 -27.3 -35.6 Corporate debt securities 254.5 0.6 118.1 0.5 +136.5 +115.6 Repo transactions: 10,279.7 23.6 8,759.6 34.4 +1,520.1 +17.4 including: autorepo on GS 10,087.8 23.2 8,656.8 34.0 +1,431.1 +16.5 "nego" repo on CS 1.5 <0.1 1.8 <0.1 -0.4 -20.3 autorepo on CS 190.4 0.4 101.0 0.4 +89.3 +88.5 Investment funds securities 0.1 <0.1 1.0 <0.1 -1.0 -94.3 ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Bonds of IFO 0.8 <0.1 0 0 +0.8 X ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Futures 7.0 <0.1 5.1 <0.1 +1.9 +37.8 ------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 43,526.5 100.0 25,460.8 100.0 +18,065.7 +71.0 ------------------------------------ ------------------ ------------------ Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; UIT – Unit Investment Fund, corporate debt CS – corporate serial debt securities; 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. [2014-03-06]