OREANDA-NEWS. In January–May 2016 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT41,051.4 bn (equivalent of USD118,004.8 mln) and decreased 5.8 % (49.9 % in dollar terms) on the similar period of 2015. 
In comparison with the previous five-month period (August–December 2015) the trading volume increased by 3.9 % (decreased 19.4 % in dollar terms).

The table below shows the trades volume in the first five months of 2016 by market sector and comparative data.
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                                   I–V, 2016           I–V, 2015                 Trend
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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             16,508.8    40.2    33,060.0    75.9  -16,551.2     -50.1
including:                                                                            
spot-market                   4,522.1    11.0     4,346.0    10.0     +176.2      +4.1
swap-market                  11,986.7    29.2    28,714.1    65.9  -16,727.4     -58.3
Kazakhstan GS                   325.9     0.8       290.2     0.7      +35.7     +12.3
including:                                                                            
primary market                  180.0     0.4       289.2     0.7     -109.2     -37.8
secondary market                145.9     0.4         1.0