In January–March 2014 volume of trades on KASE increased by 2.1 times and made up KZT11.1 trln ($65.2 bn)

/KASE, April 3, 14/ – In January-March 2014 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT11,115.6 bn (equivalent of USD65,161.1 m) and increased against the similar 2013 period by 2.1 times (87.3 % in USD). In comparison with the previous three month period (October-December 2013) the trade volume increased by 10.9 % (0.2 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in first three months of 2014 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2013. --------------------------------------------------- ------------------ I–III, 2014 I–III, 2013 Trend --------------- --------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 8178.5 73.6 3281.6 62.6 +4896.9 +149.2 including: spot-market 4265.1 38.4 1733.0 33.1 +2532.1 +146.1 swap-market 3913.4 35.2 1548.6 29.6 +2364.8 +152.7 Kazakhstan GS 191.8 1.7 214.5 4.1 , -22.7 -10.6 including: primary market 172.7 1.6 157.3 3.0 +15.4 +9.8 secondary market 19.0 0.2 57.2 1.1 , -38.1 -66.7 Shares 11.6 0.1 13.8 0.3 -2.2 -16.0 Corporate debt 48.6 0.4 46.6 0.9 , +2.0 +4.3 securities Repo transactions: 2683.9 24.1 1682.2 32.1 , +1001.7 +59.5 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 X autorepo on GS 2632.0 23.7 1661.2 31.7 +970.8 +58.4 "nego" repo on CS 0.6 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 +0.29 +84.2 bn KZT 51.2 0.5 20.6 0.4 +30.5 +148.1 IFO bonds 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 X Investment funds <0.1 <0.1 0.6 <0.1 -0.6 -98.4 securities Futures 1.1 0.0 0.8 0 , +0.3 +41.8 ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 11115.6 100.0 5240.0 100.0 , +5875.6 +112.1 ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ mln USD , , ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 47864.9 73.5 21785.3 62.6 +26079.6 +119.7 including: spot-market 24810.7 38.1 11504.4 33.1 +13306.3 +115.7 swap-market 23054.2 35.4 10280.9 29.6 +12773.3 +124.2 Kazakhstan GS 1128.6 1.7 1423.6 4.1 , -295.0 -20.7 including: primary market 1014.7 1.6 1043.9 3.0 -29.2 -2.8 secondary market 113.9 0.2 379.7 1.1 , -265.8 -70.0 Shares 68.3 0.1 91.7 0.3 -23.4 -25.5 Corporate debt 285.7 0.4 309.4 0.9 , -23.6 -7.6 securities Repo transactions: 15805.9 24.3 11166.0 32.1 , +4639.9 +41.6 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.6 <0.1 0 0 +0.6 X autorepo on GS 15500.7 23.8 11026.8 31.7 +4473.9 +40.6 "nego" repo on CS 3.5 <0.1 2.3 <0.1 +1.2 +52.3 bn KZT 301.1 0.5 136.9 0.4 +164.2 +120.0 IFO bonds 0.7 <0.1 0 0 +0.7 X Investment funds 0.1 <0.1 3.9 <0.1 -3.9 -98.5 securities Futures 7.0 <0.1 5.1 0 , +1.9 +37.8 ------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 65161.1 100.0 34784.9 100.0 , +30380.2 +87.3 --------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 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. [2014-04-03]