In January–May 2015 volume of trades on KASE increased 2.6 times and made up KZT43.6 trln ($235.5 bn)

/KASE, June 3, 15/ – In January–May 2015 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT43,562.4 bn (equivalent of USD235,530.1 mln) and increased 2.6 times against the similar 2014 period (2.4 times in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous five-month period (August–December 2014) the trade volume increased by 83.6 % (80.5 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in the first five months of 2015 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2014. -------------------------------------------- ----------------- ------------------ I–V, 2015 I–V, 2014 Trend ---------------- --------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- -------- ------- - ------- ------- - --------- ------ bn KZT --------------------------- -------- ------- - ------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 33060.0 75.9 12250.1 73.0 +20809.9 +169.9 including: spot-market 4346.0 10.0 5933.9 35.4 -1587.9 -26.8 swap-market 28714.1 65.9 6316.2 37.6 +22397.8 +354.6 Kazakhstan GS 290.2 0.7 360.6 2.1 -70.4 -19.5 including: primary market 289.2 0.7 339.1 2.0 -49.9 -14.7 secondary market 1.0 <0.1 21.5 0.1 -20.5 -95.5 Shares 21.3 <0.1 18.0 0.1 +3.3 +18.2 Corporate debt securities 374.4 0.9 68.2 0.4 +306.2 +448.9 Repo transactions: 9816.4 22.5 4081.4 24.3 +5735.1 +140.5 including: "nego" repo on GS 9803.5 22.8 3982.7 23.7 +5820.9 +146.2 autorepo on GS 0.5 <0.1 1.3 <0.1 -0.8 -63.2 "nego" repo on CS 12.4 <0.1 97.3 0.6 -84.9 -87.2 Investment funds securities 0 0 <0.1 <0.1 -<0.1 -100.0 IFO bonds 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 Futures 0 0 1.1 <0.1 -1.1 -100.0 --------------------------- -------- ------- - ------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 43562.4 100.0 16779.6 100.0 +26782.8 +159.6 --------------------------- -------- ------- - ------- ------- - --------- ------ mln USD --------------------------- -------- ------- - ------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 178755.9 75.9 70131.6 72.9 +108624.3 +154.9 including: spot-market 23477.7 10.0 33958.7 35.3 -10481.1 -30.9 swap-market 155278.2 65.9 36172.9 37.6 +119105.3 +329.3 Kazakhstan GS 1572.0 0.7 2054.3 2.1 -482.2 -23.5 including: primary market 1566.9 0.7 1927.0 2.0 -360.1 -18.7 secondary market 5.2 <0.1 127.3 0.1 -122.1 -95.9 Shares 114.9 <0.1 103.5 0.1 +11.4 +11.0 Corporate debt securities 2018.8 0.9 393.3 0.4 +1625.5 +413.3 Repo transactions: 53068.5 22.5 23472.9 24.4 +29595.5 +126.1 including: "nego" repo on GS 52998.8 22.5 22910.9 23.8 +30087.9 +131.3 autorepo on GS 2.5 <0.1 6.9 <0.1 -4.4 -63.8 "nego" repo on CS 67.1 <0.1 554.5 0.6 -487.4 -87.9 Investment funds securities 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -<0.1 -100.0 IFO bonds 0 0 0.7 <0.1 -<0.7 -100.0 Futures 0 0 7.2 <0.1 -7.2 -100.0 --------------------------- -------- ------- - ------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 235530.1 100.0 96163.5 100.0 +139366.6 +144.9 -------------------------------------------- ----------------- ------------------ Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; UIT – Unit Investment Fund, CS – corporate serial securities; corporate debt CS – corporate serial debt securities; "nego" 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. [2015-06-03]