OREANDA-NEWS. In January–June 2016 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT49,234.2 bn (equivalent of USD142,326.2 mln) and increased by 3.1 % against the similar 2015 period (decreased by 44.8 % in dollar terms).

In comparison with the previous six-month period (July–December 2015) the trade volume increased by 11.3 % (decreased by 17.1 % in dollar terms).

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                                  I–VI, 2016        I–VI, 2015               Trend
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Market                         trades  struc-    trades  struc- measuring     in %
sector                         volume ture, %    volume ture, %  currency         
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mln USD                                                                           
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Foreign currency             55,182.2    38.8 196,361.0    76.1 -141178.8    -71.9
including:                                                                        
spot-market                  15,710.2    11.0  27,867.5    10.8  -12157.3    -43.6
swap-market                  39,472.0    27.7 168,493.5    65.3 -129021.5    -76.6
Kazakhstan GS                   950.3     0.7   1,574.2     0.6    -623.9    -39.6
including:                                                                        
primary market                  497.9     0.3   1,568.8     0.6   -1070.9    -68.3
secondary market                452.5     0.3       5.5    <0.1    +447.0  +8195.1
Shares                          237.4     0.2     263.3     0.1     -25.9     -9.8
Corporate debt securities       569.9     0.4   2,434.7     0.9   -1864.8    -76.6
Repo transactions:           85,385.0    60.0  57,355.4    22.2  +28029.7    +48.9

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Total trades volume         142,326.2   100.0 257,988.6   100.0 -115662.4    -44.8
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