OREANDA-NEWS. In May 2016 the number of individual accounts involved in transactions in shares on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), increased by 3.7 % in comparison to the previous month. The percentage of individuals in the gross turnover of shares in monetary terms increased to 54.4 % from 40.3 % in April 2016.

As of the end of May at Central Securities Depository (hereinafter – CSD) there were 102,740 personal accounts opened by individuals, which is by 460 accounts more than at the end of the previous month, and by 1,228 accounts more than at the beginning of 2016.

Below is information on the development of the number of individual accounts opened with the CSD involved in share trades on KASE ("Accounts in transactions"), gross-turnover of trade in shares in such accounts, their transaction percentage in the total gross-turnover of trade in shares in the mentioned month.

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                                                Share in total
Month    Accounts   Accounts in Gross-turnover,          gross
of 2016   with CD transactions*       bn tenge*   turnover, %
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January   100,969           964             1.3           45.1
February  101,456         1,422             3.6           54.3
March     101,839         1,404            12.8           45.4
April     102,280         1,172            11.7           40.3
May       102,740         1,215            23.2           54.4
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