OREANDA-NEWS. In January–July 2015 the volume of trading in government securities (GS) on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT396.5 bn (equivalent to USD2,143.0 mln) decreasing by 30.6 % (by 33.0 % in dollar terms) against the same period of 2014.

In comparison with the previous seven-month period (June–December 2014) the trades volume decreased by 40.6 % (by 41.1 % in dollar terms).

The chart below shows the trade volume in the mentioned exchange market sector in 2015 with the breakdown by month and comparative data of the previous year.

-----------------------------------------------------------
            Primary market Secondary market*         Total*
Year,       -------------- ----------------- --------------
month       bn KZT   m USD    bn KZT   m USD bn KZT   m USD
----------- ------ ------- --------- ------- ------ -------
2015, I      153.8   835.6       0.1     0.3  153.8   835.9
2015, II      70.1   378.6         0       0   70.1   378.6
2015, III     65.3   351.9       0.3     1.4   65.5   353.3
2015, IV         0       0       0.6     3.5    0.6     3.5
2015, V        0.2     0.8         0       0    0.2     0.8
2015, VI       0.4     1.9       0.1     0.3    0.4     2.2
2015, VII    100.0   536.8       5.9    31.9  105.9   568.8
----------- ------ ------- --------- ------- ------ -------
Total        389.6 2,105.6       7.0    37.4  396.5 2,143.0
----------- ------ ------- --------- ------- ------ -------
2014, I–VII  547.6 3,063.2      23.3   137.4  571.0 3,200.6
trend, %     -28.9   -31.3     -70.2   -72.8  -30.6   -33.0
-----------------------------------------------------------
* excluding the repo transactions market deals.