Exchange simulator: trading volume from April 1 to April 12 reached KZT995.5 mln

/KASE, April 15, 2019/ – As announced earlier, the training competition "Exchange simulator" organized by Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) is conducted from April 1 to April 30, 2019. During the two weeks of the competition (April 1 to April 12), the trading volume reached KZT995.5 mln. The average daily volume of transactions in the said period exceeded KZT99.5 mln. Below is information on all transactions made, by instrument, in the period from April 1 to April 12, 2019: ---------------------------------------------------------- Trade code (ticker) Number of transactions Volume, KZT mln ------------------- ---------------------- --------------- KZTK 802 310.5 GB_KZMS 763 166.6 RU_SBER 627 108.1 US_BAC_ 347 90.6 KEGC 441 63.2 KCEL 436 59.8 KZTO 431 56.9 HSBK 551 55.0 BAST 165 41.3 CCBN 311 22.7 RDGZp 127 20.8 ------------------- ---------------------- --------------- Total 5,001 995.5 ---------------------------------------------------------- The maximum number and the maximum amount of transactions made by one participant is 102 and KZT85.5 mln, respectively. Currently, 1,020 students from more than 30 various educational institutions have registered for participation in the "Exchange simulator" project. The purpose of the project is to increase the financial literacy of young specialists and provide them with practical skills of operation on the stock market. Students are given the opportunity to trade in the most liquid securities in the Kazakh market, most of which is part of the KASE Index. At the beginning of trades, each participant is provided with a portfolio worth one million tenge to be managed. The main task of students is to form the best portfolio which will determine the winners of the competition. This competition has been conducted by KASE group of companies since 2008. [2019-04-15]