In January–May 2016 volume of trades on KASE decreased 5.8 % and made up KZT41.1 trln ($118.0 bn)

/KASE, June 7, 2016/ – In January–May 2016 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT41,051.4 bn (equivalent of USD118,004.8 mln) and decreased 5.8 % (49.9 % in dollar terms) on the similar period of 2015. In comparison with the previous five-month period (August–December 2015) the trading volume increased by 3.9 % (decreased 19.4 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in the first five months of 2016 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2015. --------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- I–V, 2016 I–V, 2015 Trend ----------------- ----------------- -------------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- ---------- --------- bn KZT --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- ---------- --------- Foreign currency 16,508.8 40.2 33,060.0 75.9 -16,551.2 -50.1 including: spot-market 4,522.1 11.0 4,346.0 10.0 +176.2 +4.1 swap-market 11,986.7 29.2 28,714.1 65.9 -16,727.4 -58.3 Kazakhstan GS 325.9 0.8 290.2 0.7 +35.7 +12.3 including: primary market 180.0 0.4 289.2 0.7 -109.2 -37.8 secondary market 145.9 0.4 1.0 <0.1 +1 4 2,018.8 0.9 -1,560.3 -77.3 Repo transactions: 69,621.0 59.0 53,068.5 22.5 +16,552.5 +31.2 including: "nego" repo on GS 69,458.1 58.9 52,998.8 22.5 +16,459.3 +31.1 autorepo on GS 11.4 <0.1 2.5 <0.1 +8.9 +357.7 "nego" repo on CS 151.4 0.1 67.1 <0.1 +84.3 +125.6 Investment funds securities 1.1 <0.1 0 0 +1.1 X Futures <0.1 <0.1 0 0 <+0.1 X --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- ---------- --------- Total trades volume 118,004.8 100.0 235,530.1 100.0 -117,525.3 -49.9 --------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- 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. [2016-06-07]