OREANDA-NEWS. In January–September 2016 the volume of corporate bond trading on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT381.5 bn (equivalent of US$1,111.0 mln) and decreased 54.6 % against the similar period of 2015 (by 73.9 % in dollar terms).

In comparison with the previous nine-month period (April–December 2015) the bonds trade volume decreased by 64.2 % (by 76.5 % in dollar terms).

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Placement Purchase and sale Total
Year, -------------- ------------------ --------------
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
2016, VI 36.8 110.3 0.4 1.1 37.1 111.4
2016, VII 38.5 109.3 13.2 38.1 51.7 147.4
2016, VIII 128.5 365.9 9.0 26.6 137.6 392.6
2016, IX 0 0 0,4 1.2 0.4 1.2
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Total 340.5 993.0 41.0 118.1 381.5 1,111.0
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2015, I–IX 773.5 3,901.1 67.2 352.1 840.7 4,253.1
trend, % -56.0 -74.5 -39.0 -66.5 -54.6 -73.9
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