OREANDA-NEWS. In January 2016 the volume of shares trading on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT1.5 bn (equivalent to USD4.0 m) and decreased against the same period of 2015 by 21.8 % (by 60.6 % in dollar terms).

In comparison with December 2015 the trades volume decreased by 86.3 % (by 88.2 % in dollar terms).

The table below shows the trade volume in the mentioned exchange market sector in January 2016 and comparative data of the similar month of last year (in the buying-selling sector shares placement deals are possible).

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Placement Buying-selling
sector sector* Total*
Year, ------------ -------------- ------------
month bn KZT m USD bn KZT m USD bn KZT m USD
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2016, I 0 0 1.5 4.0 1.5 4.0
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2015, I 0 0 1.9 10.1 1.9 10.1
trend, % X X -21.8 -60.6 -21.8 -60.6
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* excluding the repo transactions market deals.