In January–June 2015 volume of trades on KASE increased 2.4 times and made up KZT47.7 trln ($258.0 bn)

/KASE, July 3, 15/ – In January–June 2015 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT47,740.7 bn (equivalent of USD257,988.6 mln) and increased 2.4 times against the similar 2014 period (2.3 times in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous six-month period (July–December 2014) the trade volume increased by 77.9 % (74.9 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in the first six months of 2015 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2014. -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ------------------ I–VI, 2015 I–VI, 2014 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ bn KZT --------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 36335.4 76.1 14598.4 73.4 +21737.1 +148.9 including: spot-market 5162.8 10.8 6936.2 34.9 -1773.4 -25.6 swap-market 31172.7 65.3 7662.2 38.5 +23510.5 +306.8 Kazakhstan GS 290.6 0.6 446.9 2.2 -156.3 -35.0 including: primary market 289.6 0.6 424.3 2.1 -134.8 -31.8 secondary market 1.0 <0.1 22.6 0.1 -21.6 -95.5 Shares 48.9 0.1 21.6 0.1 +27.3 +126.0 Corporate debt securities 451.8 0.9 79.6 0.4 +372.2 +467.4 Repo transactions: 10614.0 22.2 4730.1 23.8 +5883.8 +124.4 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 autorepo on GS 10592.7 22.2 4601.6 23.1 +5991.0 +130.2 "nego" repo on CS 0.6 <0.1 1.4 <0.1 -0.8 -55.5 autorepo on CS 20.7 <0.1 127.0 0.6 -106.3 -83.7 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 47740.7 100.0 19877.9 100.0 +27862.8 +140.2 --------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ mln USD --------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Foreign currency 196361.0 76.1 82928.1 73.4 +113432.9 +136.8 including: spot-market 27867.5 10.8 39420.8 34.9 -11553.3 -29.3 swap-market 168493.5 65.3 43507.3 38.5 +124986.2 +287.3 Kazakhstan GS 1574.2 0.6 2524.6 2.2 -950.3 -37.6 including: primary market 1568.8 0.6 2391.4 2.1 -822.6 -34.4 secondary market 5.5 <0.1 133.2 0.1 -127.8 -95.9 Shares 263.3 0.1 123.2 0.1 +140.1 +113.7 Corporate debt securities 2434.7 0.9 455.5 0.4 +1979.2 +434.5 Repo transactions: 57355.4 22.2 27008.2 23.9 +30347.2 +112.4 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0.6 <0.1 -0.6 -100.0 autorepo on GS 57240.5 22.2 26283.9 23.3 +30956.7 +117.8 "nego" repo on CS 3.3 <0.1 7.6 <0.1 -4.3 -56.3 autorepo on CS 111.5 <0.1 716.1 0.6 -604.6 -84.4 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 7.3 <0.1 -7.3 -100.0 --------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- - --------- ------ Total trades volume 257988.6 100.0 113047.7 100.0 +144940.9 +128.2 -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ------------------ 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. [2015-07-03]