OREANDA-NEWS. In January 2016 the volume of trades on the repo transactions market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT3,110.6 bn (equivalent to USD8,454.3 mln) and increased against the similar period of 2015 by 15.2% (decreased by 42.4 % in dollar terms).

In comparison with December 2015 the volume of trades increased by 41.6 % (24.5 % in dollar terms).

The table below shows the trade volume (calculated on amounts raised) in this exchange market sector in January 2016 with the breakdown by sector, and comparative data of the similar month of last year (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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2016, I           9.7 3,100.3     0.6  0 3,110.6  8,454.3
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structure, %      0.3    99.7    <0.1  0   100.0    100.0
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2015, I           0.8 2,698.8     0.1  0 2,699.7 14,679.1
trend, %     +1,069.0   +14.9  +576.7  X   +15.2    -42.4
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CS – corporate serial securities;
GS – government serial securities;
nego repo – repo transactions carried out directly (with conclusion of nego
opening and repo closing deals).