Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 4
By Elena Kosolapova - Trend:
Kazakh Stock Exchange KASE increased the volume of trading by 3.5 times in Jan. 2015, compared to the same period of 2014, KASE reported.
In terms of US dollar, the volume of trading increased by 3 times.
The volume of trading in the reporting period compared to December of 2014 increased by 16.2 percent (by 15 percent in US dollar terms).
The volume of trading in futures (derivatives sector securities) at KASE decreased from 1.1 billion tenge ($7 million in dollar terms) in Jan. 2014 to zero in Jan. 2015.
Trading volume on the repo market made up almost 2.67 trillion tenge (equivalent to $14.679 billion) and increased by 3.1 times (2.6 times in dollar terms) compared to the same period of 2014.
The volume of corporate bond trading reached 5.8 billion tenge (equivalent to $31.5 million) in Jan. 2015 and decreased by 66.2 percent (by 71.5 percent in dollar terms) compared to the same period of 2014.
The volume of shares trading decreased by 52.7 percent (by 60.1 percent in US dollar terms) and made up 1.9 billion tenge (equivalent to $10.1 million).
The volume of government securities trade on KASE increased by 101.3 percent (by 69.7 percent in US dollar terms) in Jan. 2015 compared to the same period of 2014 and reached 153.8 billion tenge (equivalent to $835.9 million).
Foreign currencies trades, including currency swap transactions, reached 8.979 trillion (equivalent of $48.82 billion) and increased by 3.7 times (by 3.1 times in US dollar terms) compared to the same period of 2014.
Edited by S.I.
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