OREANDA-NEWS. In January–May 2016 the volume of corporate bond trading on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT154.7 bn (equivalent of US$458.5 mln) and decreased against the similar 2015 period by 58.7 % (by 77.3 % times in dollar terms).

In comparison with the previous five-month period (August–December 2015) the bonds trade volume decreased by 74.6 % (by 79.9 % in dollar terms).

The table below shows the trade volume in the mentioned exchange market sector in 2016 and comparative data of the similar period of 2015.
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Year,          Placement Purchase and sale*         Total*
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month     KZT bn USD mln   KZT bn   USD mln KZT bn USD mln
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2016, I      0.6     1.5      6.7      18.1    7.3    19.6
2016, II     0.2     0.6      2.6       7.2    2.8     7.8
2016, III    0.1     0.3      5.4      15.7    5.5    16.0
2016, IV    50.0   149.7      3.0       9.1   53.1   158.8
2016, V     85.7   255.3      0.3       1.0   86.0   256.3
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Total      136.6   407.4     18.1      51.1  154.7   458.5
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2015, I–V  324.8 1,751.2     49.6     267.7  374.4 2,018.8
trend, %   -57.9   -76.7    -63.6     -80.9  -58.7   -77.3
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* excluding the repo transactions market deals.