OREANDA-NEWS. In January–June 2016 the volume of corporate bond trading on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)* made up KZT191.8 bn (equivalent of US$569.9 mln) and decreased against the similar 2015 period by 57.5 % (by 76.7 % in dollar terms).

In comparison with the previous six-month period (July–December 2015) the bonds trade volume decreased by 75.3 % (by 82.1 % in dollar terms). 
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                Placement Purchase and sale*         Total*
Year       -------------- ------------------ --------------
month      KZT bn USD mln   KZT bn   USD mln KZT bn USD mln
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2016, I       0.6     1.5      6.7      18.1    7.3    19.6
2016, II      0.2     0.6      2.6       7.2    2.8     7.8
2016, III     0.1     0.3      5.4      15.7    5.5    16.0
2016, IV     50.0   149.7      3.0       9.1   53.1   158.8
2016, V      85.7   255.3      0.3       1.0   86.0   256.3
2016, VI     36.8   110.3      0.4       1.1   37.1   111.4
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Total       173.4   517.7     18.4      52.2  191.8   569.9
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2015, I–VI  398.3 2,146.3     53.5     288.4  451.8 2,434.7
trend, %    -56.5   -75.9    -65.6     -81.9  -57.5   -76.6
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* excluding the repo transactions market deals.