In January–March 2015 volume of trades on KASE increased 2.8 times and made up KZT31.1 trln ($168.3 bn)

/KASE, April 3, 15/ – In January–March 2015 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT31,063.7 bn (equivalent of USD168,251.1 mln) and increased against the similar 2014 period 2.8 times (2.6 % in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous three month period (October–December 2014) the trade volume increased by 79.8 % (76.9 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in the first two months of 2015 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2014. -------------------------------------------- ----------------- ------------------ I–III, 2015 I–III, 2014 Trend ---------------- --------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- -------- ------- - ------- ------- - --------- ------ bn KZT --------------------------- -------- ------- - ------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 23920.4 77.0 8212.8 73.7 +15707.7 +191.3 including: spot-market 2530.7 8.1 4265.1 38.3 -1734.5 -40.7 swap-market 21389.8 68.9 3947.6 35.4 +17442.1 +441.8 Kazakhstan GS 289.4 0.9 191.8 1.7 +97.6 +50.9 including: primary market 289.1 0.9 172.7 1.5 +116.3 +67.4 secondary market 0.3 <0.1 19.0 0.2 -18.7 -98.4 Shares 4.7 <0.1 11.6 0.1 -6.9 -59.4 Corporate debt securities 163.4 0.5 48.6 0.4 +114.8 +236.1 Repo transactions: 6685.8 21.5 2683.9 24.1 +4002.0 +149.1 including: "nego" repo on GS 6679.0 21.5 2632.0 23.6 +4047.0 +153.8 autorepo on GS 0.2 <0.1 0.6 <0.1 -0.5 -71.1 "nego" repo on CS 6.7 <0.1 51.2 0.5 -44.5 -87.0 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 31063.7 100.0 11149.8 100.0 +19913.9 +178.6 --------------------------- -------- ------- - ------- ------- - --------- ------ mln USD --------------------------- -------- ------- - ------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 129558.2 77.0 47986.7 73.5 +81571.5 +170.0 including: spot-market 13706.4 8.1 24810.7 38.0 -11104.3 -44.8 swap-market 115851.8 68.9 23176.0 35.5 +92675.8 +399.9 Kazakhstan GS 1567.8 0.9 1128.6 1.7 +439.2 +38.9 including: primary market 1566.1 0.9 1014.7 1.6 +551.4 +54.3 secondary market 1.7 <0.1 113.9 0.3 -112.2 -98.5 Shares 25.5 <0.1 68.3 0.1 -42.8 -62.7 Corporate debt securities 882.9 0.5 285.7 0.4 +597.2 +209.0 Repo transactions: 36216.7 21.5 15805.9 24.2 +20410.8 +129.1 including: "nego" repo on GS 36179.7 21.5 15500.7 23.7 +20679.0 +133.4 autorepo on GS 1.0 <0.1 3.5 <0.1 -2.5 -71.5 "nego" repo on CS 36.0 <0.1 301.1 0.5 -265.1 -88.0 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 168251.1 100.0 65283.0 100.0 +102968.2 +157.7 -------------------------------------------- ----------------- ------------------ 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. [2015-04-03]