OREANDA-NEWS. In January–March 2015 the volume of trades on the repo transaction market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT6,685.8 bn (equivalent to USD36,216.7 mln) and increased against the similar period of 2014 2.5 times (2.3 times in dollar terms).

In comparison with the previous three month period (October–December 2014) the trade volume increased by 56.8 % (54.2 % in dollar terms).

The table below shows the trade volume (calculated on amounts raised) in this exchange market sector in 2015 with the breakdown by month and sector, and comparative data of 2014 similar month (KZT bn, unless otherwise specified).

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                Auto repo   Nego repo     Trade volume
Year,       ------------- ------------ ----------------
month          CS      GS    CS     GS  bn KZT    m USD
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2015, I       0.8 2,698.8   0.1      0 2,699.7 14,679.1
2015, II      2.7 2,561.0