In January–October 2016 volume of trades on KASE increased by 3.1% and made up KZT79.3 trln ($230.8 bn)

/KASE, November 4, 2016/ – In January–October 2016 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT79,311.7 bn (equivalent of USD230,839.9 m) and increased by 3.1% against the similar period of 2015 (decreased by 39.5 % in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous nine-month period (March–December 2015) the trade volume increased by 17.4 % (decreased by 22.4 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in the first eight months of 2016 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2015. --------------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------- I–X, 2016 I–X, 2015 Trend --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------- bn KZT --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------- Foreign currency 29,524.2 37.2 55,639.0 72.3 -26114.8 -46.9 including: spot-market 8,677.0 10.9 9,926.4 12.9 -1249.4 -12.6 swap-market 20,847.2 26.3 45,712.6 59.4 -24865.4 -54.4 Kazakhstan GS 469.4 0.6 , 426.8 0.6 , +42.6 +10.0 including: primary market 218.2 0.3 419.6 0.5 -201.4 -48.0 secondary market 251.2 0.3 , 7.3 54.4 1.3 , -3792.3 -76.5 Repo transactions: 142,687.1 61.8 , 90,562.0 23.7 , +52125.2 +57.6 including: autorepo on GS 142,196.6 61.6 90,297.7 23.7 +51898.9 +57.5 "nego" repo on CS 30.0 <0.1 16.8 <0.1 +13.2 +79.0 autorepo on CS 460.5 0.2 247.5 0.1 +213.0 +86.1 Investment funds securities 1.5 <0.1 , 0.2 <0.1 , +1.38 +897.8 Futures <0.1 <0.1 , 0 0 , <+0.1 X --------------------------- --------- ------- - --------- ------- - --------- ------- Total trades volume 230,839.9 100.0 , 381,608.2 100.0 , -150768.3 -39.5 --------------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------- 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. [2016-11-04]