OREANDA-NEWS. In January 2016 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT8,950.0 bn (equivalent of USD24,340.3 mln) and decreased against the similar period of 2015 by 24.4 % (by 62.2 % in dollar terms).

In comparison with December of 2015 the trades volume increased by 16.4 % (by 2.8 % in dollar terms).

The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for January 2016 by market sector and comparison with indicators of similar month of last year.

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                               I, 2016                     I, 2015            Trend
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Exchange market               trades  struc-     trades  struc- measuring     in %
sector                        volume ture, %     volume ture, %  currency         
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bn KZT                                                                            
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Foreign currency             5,650.0    63.1    8,978.8    75.8  -3,328.9    -37.1
including:                                                                        
spot-market                    860.2     9.6      866.6     7.3      -6.4     -0.7
swap-market                  4,789.7    53.5    8,112.3    68.5  -3,322.5    -41.0
Kazakhstan GS                  180.8     2.0      153.8     1.3     +27.0    +17.5
including:                                                                        
primary market                 180.0     2.0      153.8     1.3     +26.2    +17.1
secondary market                 0.8    <0.1        0.1    <0.1      +0.7 +1,167.0
Shares                           1.5    <0.1        1.9    <0.1      -0.4    -21.8
Corporate debt                   7.3    <0.1        5.8    <0.1      +1.5    +25.2
securities                                                                        
Repo transactions:           3,110.6    34.8    2,699.7    22.8    +410.8    +15.2
including:                                                                        
autorepo on GS               3,100.3    34.6    2,698.8    22.8    +401.5    +14.9
"nego" repo on CS                0.6    <0.1        0.1    <0.1      +0.5   +576.7
autorepo on CS                   9.7     0.1        0.8    <0.1      +8.9 +1,069.0
Investment funds securities     <0.1    <0.1          0       0     +<0.1   +100.0
Bonds of IFOs                      0       0          0       0         X        X
Futures                            0       0          0       0         X        X
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TOTAL trades volume          8,950.0   100.0   11,840.0   100.0  -2,890.0    -24.4
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mln USD                                                                           
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Foreign currency            15,367.4    63.1   48,820.7    75.8 -33,453.4    -68.5
including:                                                                        
spot-market                  2,338.2     9.6    4,717.1     7.3  -2,379.0    -50.4
swap-market                 13,029.2    53.5   44,103.6    68.5 -31,074.4    -70.5
Kazakhstan GS                  495.0     2.0      835.9     1.3    -340.9    -40.8
including:                                                                        
primary market                 492.8     2.0      835.6     1.3    -342.7    -41.0
secondary market                 2.1    <0.1 ,      0.3    <0.1      +1.8   +538.8
Shares                           4.0    <0.1       10.1    <0.1      -6.1    -60.6
Corporate debt                  19.6     0.1       31.5    <0.1     -11.9    -37.8
securities                                                                        
Repo transactions:           8,454.3    34.7   14,679.1    22.8  -6,224.8    -42.4
including:                                                                        
autorepo on GS               8,426.2    34.6   14,674.1    22.8  -6,247.9    -42.6
"nego" repo on CS                1.5    <0.1        0.4    <0.1      +1.0   +236.0
autorepo on CS                  26.6     0.1        4.5    <0.1     +22.1   +487.6
Investment funds securities      0.1    <0.1          0       0      +0.1        X
Futures                            0       0          0       0         0        X
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TOTAL trades volume         24,340.3   100.0   64,377.4   100.0 -40,037.1    -62.2
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