In January–August 2014 volume of trades on KASE increased by 34.8 % and made up KZT26.5 trln ($149.2 bn)

/KASE, September 3, 14/ – In January–August 2014 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT26,475.2 bn (equivalent of USD149,153.9 mln) and increased against the similar period of 2013 1.3 times (by 15.2 % in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous eighth month period (May–December 2013) the trades volume increased by 8.6 % (decreased by 6.5 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the initial eight months of 2014 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2013. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I–VIII, 2014 I–VIII, 2013 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 19426.3 73.4 11379.4 58.0 +8046.9 +70.7 including: - spot-market 9671.5 36.5 5980.1 30.5 +3691.3 +61.7 - swap-market 9754.8 36.8 5399.3 27.5 +4355.6 +80.7 Kazakhstan GS 640.5 2.4 607.7 3.1 +32.7 +5.4 including: - primary market 617.1 2.3 503.8 2.6 +113.3 +22.5 - secondary market 23.4 0.1 104.0 0.5 -80.6 -77.5 Shares 31.3 0.1 51.3 0.3 -20.0 -39.0 Corporate debt 112.0 0.4 230.7 1.2 -118.6 -51.4 securities Repo transactions: 6263.8 23.7 7344.1 37.4 -1080.3 -14.7 including: - "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 X - autorepo on GS 6089.9 23.0 7301.3 37.2 -1211.4 -16.6 - "nego" repo on CS 1.7 <0.1 0.8 <0.1 +0.8 +97.0 - autorepo on CS 172.1 0.7 41.9 0.2 +130.2 +310.5 Securities of investment <0.1 <0.1 1.6 <0.1 -1.6 -99.4 funds IFO bonds 0.1 <0.1 16.0 0.1 -15.9 -99.3 Futures 1.1 <0.1 3.1 <0.1 -1.9 -62.8 ------------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 26475.2 100.0 19633.8 100.0 +6841.3 +34.8 ------------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD ------------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 109349.8 73.3 75059.3 58.0 +34290.6 +45.7 including: - spot-market 54398.1 36.5 39442.9 30.5 +14955.2 +37.9 - swap-market 54951.8 36.8 35616.4 27.5 +19335.4 +54.3 Kazakhstan GS 3582.5 2.4 4013.4 3.1 -430.8 -10.7 including: - primary market 3444.8 2.3 3325.5 2.6 +119.3 +3.6 - secondary market 137.8 0.1 687.9 0.5 -550.1 -80.0 Shares 175.9 0.1 339.2 0.3 -163.3 -48.1 Corporate debt 633.3 0.4 1521.4 1.2 -888.1 -58.4 securities Repo transactions: 35404.2 23.7 48451.1 37.5 -13046.8 -26.9 including: - "nego" repo on GS 0.6 <0.1 0 0 +0.6 X - autorepo on GS 34431.6 23.1 48168.1 37.2 -13736.5 -28.5 - "nego" repo on CS 9.2 <0.1 5.6 <0.1 +3.6 +63.3 - autorepo on CS 962.8 0.6 277.3 0.2 +685.5 +247.2 Securities of investment 0.1 <0.1 10.6 <0.1 -10.6 -99.4 funds IFO bonds 0.7 <0.1 106.1 0.1 -105.3 -99.3 Futures 7.3 <0.1 20.3 0 -13.0 -64.0 ------------------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 149153.9 100.0 129521.3 100.0 +19632.6 +15.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2014-09-03]