In January–August 2015 volume of trades on KASE increased 2 times and made up KZT58.9 trln ($314.8 bn)

/KASE, September 3, 15/ – In January–August 2015 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT58,944.4 bn (equivalent of USD314,792.1 mln) and increased 2.2 times against the similar period of 2014 (2.1 times in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous seven-month period (May–December 2014) the trade volume increased by 80.6 % (75.7 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in the first eight months of 2015 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2014. ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- I–VIII, 2015 I–VIII, 2014 Trend ---------------- ---------------- ----------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- bn KZT --------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- Foreign currency 44510.1 75.5 19426.3 73.4 +25083.8 +129.1 including: spot-market 7212.0 12.2 9671.5 36.5 -2459.4 -25.4 swap-market 37298.1 63.3 9754.8 36.8 +27543.2 +282.4 Kazakhstan GS 396.5 0.7 640.5 2.4 , -244.0 -38.1 including: primary market 389.6 0.7 617.1 2.3 -227.5 -36.9 secondary market 7.0 <0.1 23.4 +4457.4 +2533.9 Corporate debt securities 3573.6 1.1 523.4 0.4 +3050.1 +582.7 Repo transactions: 66682.1 21.2 35404.2 23.7 +31277.9 +88.3 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0.6 <0.1 -0.6 -100.0 autorepo on GS 66494.0 21.1 34431.6 23.1 +32062.4 +93.1 "nego" repo on CS 8.6 <0.1 9.2 <0.1 -0.6 -6.5 autorepo on CS 179.5 0.1 962.8 0.6 -783.3 -81.4 Investment funds securities 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 IFO bonds 0 0 110.6 <0.1 -110.6 -100.0 Futures 0 0 7.3 <0.1 -7.3 -100.0 --------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- - --------- ------- Total trades volume 314792.1 100.0 149153.9 100.0 +165638.2 +111.1 ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- 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. [2015-09-03]