In January–April 2017 volume of trades on KASE increased by 59.3 % and made up KZT52.9 trln ($165.9 bn)

/KASE, May 11, 2017/ – In January–April 2017 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT52,896.6 bn (equivalent of USD165,941.3 mln) and increased by 59.3 % (75.7 % in dollar terms) against the similar period of 2016. In comparison with the previous four-month period (September–December 2016) the trades volume increased by 88.5 % (98.4 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for the first two months of 2017 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2016. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-IV, 2017 I–IV, 2016 Trend --------- ------- -------- ------- --------- -------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- -------- ------- --------- -------- bn KZT --------------------------- --------- ------- -------- ------- --------- -------- Foreign currency 29,304.6 55.4 14,565.6 43.9 +14,739.1 +101.2 including: spot-market 3,149.6 6.0 3,683.8 11.1 -534.2 -14.5 swap-market 26,155.0 49.4 10,881.8 32.8 +15,273.2 +140.4 Kazakhstan GS 322.4 0.6 286.9 0.9 +35.5 +12.4 including: primary market 242.0 0.5 180.0 0.5 +62.0 +34.5 secondary market 80.4 0.2 106.9 0.3 -26.5 -24.8 Shares 47.6 0.1 39.2 0.1 +8.5 +21.6 Corporate debt securities 19.5 <0.1 68.6 0.2 -49.2 -71.6 Repo transactions: 23,202.2 43.9 18,237.1 54.9 +4,965.1 +27.2 including: autorepo on GS 20,277.8 38.3 18,192.7 54.8 +2,085.1 +11.5 "nego" repo on CS 38.5 0.1 3.6 <0.1 +34.9 +979.7 autorepo on CS 2,885.9 5.5 40.8 0.1 +2,845.0 +6,970.7 Investment funds securities 0 0 0 0 0 X Bonds of IFOs 0.3 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 +0.2 +114.1 Futures <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 0 <+0.1 +2,816.7 --------------------------- --------- ------- -------- ------- --------- -------- Total trades volume 52,896.6 100.0 33,197.5 100.0 +19,699.1 +59.3 --------------------------- --------- ------- -------- ------- --------- -------- mln USD --------------------------- --------- ------- -------- ------- --------- -------- Foreign currency 92,037.6 55.5 40,987.7 43.4 +51,049.9 +124.5 including: spot-market 9,905.9 6.0 10,513.3 11.1 -607.4 -5.8 swap-market 82,131.7 49.5 30,474.4 32.3 +51,657.3 +169.5 Kazakhstan GS 1,007.2 0.6 809.5 0.9 +197.8 +24.4 including: primary market 756.1 0.5 492.8 0.5 +263.3 +53.4 secondary market 251.1 0.2 316.6 0.3 -65.5 -20.7 Shares 149.9 0.1 114.6 0.1 +35.3 +30.8 Corporate debt securities 61.1 <0.1 202.2 0.2 -141.1 -69.8 Repo transactions: 72,684.5 43.8 52,321.7 55.4 +20,362.8 +38.9 including: autorepo on GS 63,516.1 38.3 52,195.2 55.3 +11,320.9 +21.7 "nego" repo on CS 121.0 0.1 10.3 <0.1 +110.7 +1,075.1 autorepo on CS 9,047.4 5.5 116.2 0.1 +8,931.2 +7,684.5 Investment funds securities 0 0 0 0 0 X Bonds of IFOs 1.0 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 +0.6 +138.4 Futures <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <+0.1 +3,325.7 Total trades volume 165,941.3 100.0 94,436.1 100.0 +71,505.2 +75.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; UIT – Unit Investment Fund, corporate debt CS – corporate serial debt securities; CS – corporate serial 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 held. Trade volume is calculated on all executed exchange deals, concluded by any possible KASE trade method. [2017-05-11]