OREANDA-NEWS. In January–March 2015 the volume of corporate bond trading on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT163.4 bn (equivalent of US\$882.9 mln) and increased against the similar 2014 period 3.4 times (3.1 times in dollar terms).

In comparison with the previous three-month period (October–December 2014) the trade volume decreased by 43.0 % (44.2 % in dollar terms).

The table below shows the trade volume in the mentioned exchange market sector in 2015 and comparative data of the similar month of 2014 (in the buying-selling sector bonds placement deals are possible).

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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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2015,I         1.4     7.4      4.4      24.1    5.8    31.5
2015,II       74.3   401.3      5.0      27.0   79.3   428.3
2015,III      69.0   372.6      9.4      50.5   78.4   423.1
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Total        144.6   781.2     18.8     101.7  163.4   882.9
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2014, I–III   39.6   232.1      9.0      53.6   48.6   285.7
trend, %    +264.8  +236.5   +109.6     +89.8 +236.1  +209.0
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