OREANDA-NEWS. In July 2015 the number of individual accounts involved in shares transactions on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), decreased by 9 % compared with the previous month. At the same time the percentage of individuals in the gross turnover of shares in monetary terms increased to 65.2 % from 53.0 % in June.

As of the end of July there were 101,470 personal accounts at Central Securities Depository JSC (hereinafter – CD) opened by individuals, which is by 405 accounts more than at the end of the previous month, and by 13,412 accounts more than at the beginning of 2015.

Below is information on the dynamics of the number of individual accounts opened with the CD 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 2015   with CD transactions*       bn tenge*   turnover, %*
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January    98,303         1,241             2.1           56.3
February   98,506         1,125             1.8           55.1
March      99,505           637             1.3           53.7
April     100,027       **1,105           **2.5         **56.6
May       100,675         1,409             2.2           55.3
June      101,065         2,540             4.9           53.0
July      101,470         2,310             4.0           65.2
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* without special trading sessions and deals concluded according to scheme T+2

**without taking into account results of subscription to ordinary shares of BAST JSC. Taking into account the results of the subscription the number of individual accounts makes up 1,447, gross-turnover – KZT2.8 bn, the share of individuals in the gross turnover – 55.6 %.

The total gross-turnover of trade in shares on KASE in July decreased 6.5 times as compared to the previous month and made up KZT8.6 bn, the trade volume – KZT4.3 bn.