OREANDA-NEWS. In March 2016 the number of individual accounts involved in transactions in shares on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), decreased by 1.3 % in comparison to the previous month. The percentage of individuals in the gross turnover of shares in monetary terms decreased to 45.4 % from 54.3 % in February 2016.

As of the end of March at Central Securities Depository JSC (hereinafter – CSD) there were 101,839 personal accounts opened by individuals, which is by 383 accounts more than at the end of the previous month, and by 13,781 accounts more than at the beginning of 2015.

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
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* without special trading sessions and major transactions

The total gross-turnover of trade in shares on KASE in March increased 4.2 times in comparison to the previous month and made up KZT28.2 bn, the trade volume – KZT14.1 bn.