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Trading volume on Kazakh Stock Exchange falls

Business Materials 5 February 2016 17:30 (UTC +04:00)
In January 2016, the volume of trading on the Kazakh Stock Exchange (KASE) in all sectors amounted to 8.95 trillion tenge ($24.34 billion) which is 24.4 percent less in comparison with the same period last year (62.2 percent decrease in US dollar terms)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 5

By Elena Kosolapova - Trend:

In January 2016, the volume of trading on the Kazakh Stock Exchange (KASE) in all sectors amounted to 8.95 trillion tenge ($24.34 billion) which is 24.4 percent less in comparison with the same period last year (62.2 percent decrease in US dollar terms), the message of KASE said.

The volume of currency trading on KASE, including currency swap transactions, amounted to 5.65 trillion tenge ($ 15.37 billion) in the reporting period and decreased by 37 percent in comparison with the similar period of 2014 (68.5 percent decrease in dollar terms).

The volume of trading in government securities at KASE amounted to 180.8 billion tenge ($495 million) and decreased by 17.5 percent compared to the same period in 2014 (a 40.8 percent decrease in US dollar terms).

The trading volume at KASE in January 2016 amounted to 1.5 billion tenge ($4 million) and decreased by 21.8 percent in comparison with the similar period of 2014 (60.6 percent decrease in dollar terms).

The volume of trades in corporate bonds at the stock exchange in the reporting period amounted to 7.3 billion tenge ($19.6 million) and increased by 25.2 percent in comparison with the same period last year (37.8 percent decrease in dollar terms).

The volume of trades on the market of repo operations of the Kazakh Stock Exchange amounted to 3.11 trillion tenge ($8.45 billion) and increased by 15.2 percent in comparison with the same period last year (42.4 percent decrease in dollar terms).

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