In January – July 2014 volume of trades on KASE increased by 41.5 % and made up KZT23.0 trln ($130.1 bn)

/KASE, August 4, 14/ – In January – July 2014 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT23,004.6 bn (equivalent of USD130,086.4 mln) and increased against the similar 2013 period 1.4 times (21.1 % in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous seven month period (July–December 2013) the trades volume increased by 6.0 % (8.2 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the initial seven months of 2014 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2013. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I–VII, 2014 I–VII, 2013 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency -------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT -------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 16912.9 73.5 9358.7 57.6 +7554.2 +80.7 including: spot-market 8068.9 35.1 4849.9 29.8 +3219.0 +66.4 swap-market 8843.9 38.4 4508.8 27.7 +4335.2 +96.1 Kazakhstan GS 571.0 2.5 526.7 3.2 +44.3 +8.4 including: primary market 547.6 2.4 426.9 2.6 +120.7 +28.3 secondary market 23.3 0.1 99.8 0.6 -76.5 -76.6 Shares 27.5 0.1 49.1 0.3 -21.6 -44.0 Corporate debt 84.8 0.4 206.9 1.3 -122.1 -59.0 securities Repo transactions: 5407.2 23.5 6091.3 37.5 -684.1 -11.2 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 X autorepo on GS 5253.2 22.8 6051.3 37.2 -798.1 -13.2 "nego" repo on CS 1.5 <0.1 0.8 <0.1 +0.7 +81.4 autorepo on CS 152.4 0.7 39.1 0.2 +113.3 +289.4 IFO bonds 0.1 <0.1 15.5 0.1 -15.4 -99.3 Futures 1.1 <0.1 3.1 <0.1 -1.9 -62.8 -------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 23004.6 100.0 16252.9 100.0 +6751.7 +41.5 -------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD -------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 95541.1 73.4 61845.8 57.6 +33695.3 +54.5 including: spot-market 45594.1 35.0 32052.8 29.8 +13541.4 +42.2 swap-market 49947.0 38.4 29793.0 27.7 +20154.0 +67.6 Kazakhstan GS 3200.6 2.5 3483.6 3.2 -283.0 -8.1 including: primary market 3063.2 2.4 2823.0 2.6 +240.2 +8.5 secondary market 137.4 0.1 660.6 0.6 -523.2 -79.2 Shares 154.9 0.1 325.0 0.3 -170.1 -52.3 Corporate debt 483.7 0.4 1366.2 1.3 -882.5 -64.6 securities Repo transactions: 30698.0 23.6 40256.7 37.5 -9558.7 -23.7 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.6 <0.1 0 0 +0.6 X autorepo on GS 29834.7 22.9 39992.2 37.2 -10157.5 -25.4 "nego" repo on CS 8.2 <0.1 5.5 <0.1 +2.7 +50.3 autorepo on CS 854.5 0.7 259.0 0.2 +595.4 +229.9 Investment fund securities 0.1 <0.1 10.6 <0.1 -10.6 -99.4 IFO bonds 0.7 <0.1 102.7 0.1 -101.9 -99.3 Futures 7.3 <0.1 20.3 0 -13.0 -64.0 -------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 130086.4 100.0 107410.8 100.0 +22675.7 +21.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2014-08-04]