In January–February 2015 volume of trades on KASE increased 3.4 times and made up KZT24.4 trln ($132.2 bn)

03.03.15 18:55
/KASE, March 3, 15/ – In January–February 2015 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT24,387.4 bn (equivalent of USD132,225.2 mln) increasing 3.4 times (3 times in dollar terms) against the similar period of 2014. In comparison with the previous two month period (November–December 2014) the trades volume increased by 76.0 % (73.4 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the first two months of 2015 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2014. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I–II, 2015 I–II, 2014 Trend ---------------- --------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT --------------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 18811.5 77.1 5318.2 73.9 +13493.3 +253.7 including: spot-market 1900.0 7.8 2766.9 38.5 -867.0 -31.3 swap-market 16911.5 69.3 2551.3 35.5 +14360.2 +562.9 Kazakhstan GS 223.9 0.9 146.6 2.0 +77.3 +52.7 including: primary market 223.8 0.9 127.6 1.8 +96.2 +75.4 secondary market 0.1 <0.1 19.0 0.3 -19.0 -99.7 Shares 3.5 <0.1 8.2 0.1 -4.6 -56.8 Corporate debt securities 85.1 0.3 42.9 0.6 +42.1 +98.1 Repo transactions: 5263.4 21.6 1676.7 23.3 +3586.7 +213.9 including: autorepo on GS 5259.8 21.6 1645.5 22.9 +3614.4 +219.7 "nego" repo on CS 0.1 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 -0.1 -49.1 autorepo on CS 3.5 <0.1 31.0 0.4 -27.5 -88.7 Investment funds securities 0 0 <0.1 <0.1 -<0.1 -100.0 --------------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 1.1 <0.1 -1.1 -100.0 --------------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 24387.4 100.0 7193.8 100.0 +17193.5 +239.0 --------------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD --------------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 101989.8 77.1 32130.6 73.7 +69859.2 +217.4 including: spot-market 10304.2 7.8 16619.1 38.1 -6314.9 -38.0 swap-market 91685.6 69.3 15511.5 35.6 +76174.1 +491.1 Kazakhstan GS 1214.5 0.9 880.6 2.0 +333.9 +37.9 including: primary market 1214.2 0.9 766.6 1.8 +447.5 +58.4 secondary market 0.3 <0.1 113.9 0.3 -113.6 -99.7 Shares 19.1 <0.1 49.4 0.1 -30.3 -61.3 Corporate debt securities 459.8 0.3 254.5 0.6 +205.3 +80.6 Repo transactions: 28542.0 21.6 10279.7 23.6 +18262.3 +177.7 including: autorepo on GS 28522.3 21.6 10087.8 23.2 +18434.5 +182.7 "nego" repo on CS 0.7 <0.1 1.5 <0.1 -0.7 -49.7 autorepo on CS 18.9 <0.1 190.4 0.4 -171.5 -90.1 Investment funds securities 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -<0.1 -100.0 --------------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ Futures 0 0 7.0 <0.1 -7.0 -100.0 --------------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 132225.2 100.0 43602.4 100.0 +88622.8 +203.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2015-03-03]