OREANDA-NEWS. In January 2015 the number of individual accounts involved in transactions in shares on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), decreased by 6 % on the previous month. At the same time the share of individuals in the gross turnover of shares in money terms increased by 56.3 % from 45 % in December 2014.

As of the end of January at Central Securities Depository JSC (hereinafter – CSD) there were 98,303 personal accounts, opened for individuals, which is by 1,217 accounts less than at the end of the previous month, and by 43,449 accounts more than at the beginning of 2014.

Below is information on the development of the number of individual accounts opened in the CSD involved in share trades on KASE ("Accounts in transactions "), gross-turnover of trade in shares from such accounts, their shares in the total gross-turnover of trade in shares in the mentioned month.

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                                               Share in total
Month   Accounts   Accounts in Gross-turnover,          gross
of 2015    in CD transactions*       bn tenge*   turnover, %*
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January   98,303         1,241             2.1           56.3
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* without special trading sessions

The total gross-turnover of trade in shares on KASE in January decreased 97.44 % compared to the previous month and made up KZT3.7 bn, the trade volume – KZT1.9 bn.