In January–September 2014 volume of trades on KASE increased by 33.9 % and made up KZT29.4 trln ($165.3 bn)

/KASE, October 3, 14/ – In January–September 2014 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT29,418.0 bn (equivalent of USD165,327.9 mln) and increased against the similar 2013 period 1.3 times (by 14.2 % in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous nine month period (April–December 2013) the trades volume increased by 10.1 % (decreased by 5.5 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the initial nine months of 2014 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2013. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I–IX, 2014 I–IX, 2013 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Exchange market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT --------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 21170.2 72.0 12398.7 56.4 +8771.5 +70.7 including: spot-market 10798.4 36.7 6629.6 30.2 +4168.8 +62.9 swap-market 10371.8 35.3 5769.0 26.3 +4602.7 +79.8 Kazakhstan GS 981.7 3.3 706.1 3.2 +275.6 +39.0 including: primary market 827.5 2.8 601.4 2.7 +226.1 +37.6 secondary market 154.2 0.5 104.6 0.5 +49.6 +47.4 Shares 96.2 0.3 54.7 0.2 +41.5 +75.9 Corporate debt 161.7 0.5 278.1 1.3 -116.4 -41.9 securities Repo transactions: 6966.9 23.7 8510.0 38.7 -1543.1 -18.1 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 X autorepo on GS 6783.9 23.1 8463.5 38.5 -1679.5 -19.8 "nego" repo on CS 1.7 <0.1 1.0 <0.1 +0.7 +65.5 autorepo on CS 181.2 0.6 45.5 0.2 +135.7 +298.0 Investment funds securities <0.1 <0.1 1.9 <0.1 -1.9 -99.5 IFO bonds 40.1 <0.1 16.0 0.1 +24.1 +150.3 Futures 1.1 <0.1 3.1 <0.1 -1.9 -62.7 --------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 29418.0 100.0 21968.6 100.0 +7449.4 +33.9 --------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD --------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 118934.3 71.9 81707.4 56.4 +37226.9 +45.6 including: spot-market 60591.9 36.6 43679.3 30.2 +16912.6 38.7 swap-market 58342.4 35.3 38028.1 26.3 +20314.3 +53.4 Kazakhstan GS 5458.3 3.3 4653.1 3.2 +805.2 +17.3 including: primary market 4601.4 2.8 3960.7 2.7 +640.6 +16.2 secondary market 856.9 0.5 692.4 0.5 +164.5 +23.8 Shares 532.6 0.3 361.5 0.2 +171.1 +47.3 Corporate debt 906.3 0.5 1831.4 1.3 -925.1 -50.5 securities Repo transactions: 39268.6 23.8 56057.4 38.7 -16788.9 -29.9 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.6 <0.1 0 0 +0.6 X autorepo on GS 38245.9 23.1 55749.9 38.5 -17504.0 -31.4 "nego" repo on CS 9.2 <0.1 6.7 <0.1 +2.5 +37.5 autorepo on CS 1012.8 0.6 300.8 0.2 +712.0 +236.7 Investment funds securities 0.1 <0.1 12.7 <0.1 -12.7 -99.5 IFO bonds 220.5 0.1 106.1 0.1 +114.5 +107.9 Futures 7.3 <0.1 20.3 <0.1 -13.0 -64.0 --------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 165327.9 100.0 144749.9 100.0 +20578.0 +14.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. [2014-10-03]