In January 2016 volume of trades on KASE decreased by 24.4 % and made up KZT9.0 trln ($24.3 bn)

/KASE, February 4, 16/ – In January 2016 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT8,950.0 bn (equivalent of USD24,340.3 mln) and decreased against the similar period of 2015 by 24.4 % (by 62.2 % in dollar terms). In comparison with December of 2015 the trades volume increased by 16.4 % (by 2.8 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for January 2016 by market sector and comparison with indicators of similar month of last year. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I, 2016 I, 2015 Trend ------------------ ------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------- -------- Exchange market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- --------- -------- bn KZT --------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- --------- -------- Foreign currency 5,650.0 63.1 8,978.8 75.8 -3,328.9 -37.1 including: spot-market 860.2 9.6 866.6 7.3 -6.4 -0.7 swap-market 4,789.7 53.5 8,112.3 68.5 -3,322.5 -41.0 Kazakhstan GS 180.8 2.0 153.8 1.3 +27.0 +17.5 including: primary market 180.0 2.0 153.8 1.3 +26.2 +17.1 secondary market 0.8 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 +0.7 +1,167.0 Shares 1.5 <0.1 1.9 <0.1 -0.4 -21.8 Corporate debt 7.3 <0.1 5.8 <0.1 +1.5 +25.2 securities Repo transactions: 3,110.6 34.8 2,699.7 22.8 +410.8 +15.2 including: autorepo on GS 3,100.3 34.6 2,698.8 22.8 +401.5 +14.9 "nego" repo on CS 0.6 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 +0.5 +576.7 autorepo on CS 9.7 0.1 0.8 <0.1 +8.9 +1,069.0 Investment funds securities <0.1 <0.1 0 0 +<0.1 +100.0 Bonds of IFOs 0 0 0 0 X X Futures 0 0 0 0 X X --------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- --------- -------- TOTAL trades volume 8,950.0 100.0 11,840.0 100.0 -2,890.0 -24.4 --------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- --------- -------- mln USD --------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- --------- -------- Foreign currency 15,367.4 63.1 48,820.7 75.8 -33,453.4 -68.5 including: spot-market 2,338.2 9.6 4,717.1 7.3 -2,379.0 -50.4 swap-market 13,029.2 53.5 44,103.6 68.5 -31,074.4 -70.5 Kazakhstan GS 495.0 2.0 835.9 1.3 -340.9 -40.8 including: primary market 492.8 2.0 835.6 1.3 -342.7 -41.0 secondary market 2.1 <0.1 , 0.3 <0.1 +1.8 +538.8 Shares 4.0 <0.1 10.1 <0.1 -6.1 -60.6 Corporate debt 19.6 0.1 31.5 <0.1 -11.9 -37.8 securities Repo transactions: 8,454.3 34.7 14,679.1 22.8 -6,224.8 -42.4 including: autorepo on GS 8,426.2 34.6 14,674.1 22.8 -6,247.9 -42.6 "nego" repo on CS 1.5 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 +1.0 +236.0 autorepo on CS 26.6 0.1 4.5 <0.1 +22.1 +487.6 Investment funds securities 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 X Futures 0 0 0 0 0 X --------------------------- -------- ------- - -------- ------- --------- -------- TOTAL trades volume 24,340.3 100.0 64,377.4 100.0 -40,037.1 -62.2 -------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- 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 was held. The trade volume is calculated on all executed exchange deals, concluded by any possible KASE trade method. [2016-02-04]