/KASE, January 18, 2024/ – In 2023, the amount of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT29,710.7 bn increasing by 42.9 % YoY.

Below is the table of indicators of KASE's foreign currency spot market in 2023 with a breakdown by currency pairs (in mln units of the first of the currency pair), and comparative data of 2022.

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                                                         Trading volume         
Year,       -------- ------- --------- -------- ------- ------- -------   Total,
month        USD/KZT EUR/KZT   RUB/KZT  EUR/USD CNY/KZT USD/CNY EUR/CNY   bn KZT
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2023, I      2,411.6    22.3  13,478.1    954.1   298.5     0.0     0.0  1,715.2
2023, II     3,055.3    93.1  27,401.1  1,088.7   737.7     0.0     0.0  2,168.7
2023, III    3,417.8    78.8  17,908.2     18.3   286.5    44.2     0.0  1,728.7
2023, IV     3,457.1    85.3  19,761.7  1,675.8    86.2    63.5     0.0  2,583.4
2023, V      3,224.5    60.6  23,073.0    356.6    94.2    89.6     0.0  1,817.0
2023, VI     2,799.9    85.9  29,552.4  1,498.5   288.0   232.6     0.0  2,314.1
2023, VII    3,191.3   103.7  22,439.0  2,474.5   733.4   369.2     0.0  3,009.0
2023, VIII   3,737.3   103.8  31,558.0  2,935.8   617.6   624.1     0.0  3,664.9
2023, IX     3,748.2   106.2  35,970.6  2,023.5   617.6   723.5     0.0  3,372.1
2023, X      3,435.4    60.6  30,821.4    154.6   309.7   201.0     0.0  2,011.2
2023, XI     4,466.2    73.2  50,986.6    348.8   196.2   414.4     0.1  2,745.6
2023, XII    3,868.2   126.0 100,392.7    358.6   179.4   110.2     0.0  2,580.9
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Total       40,812.9   999.5 403,342.6 13,887.7 4,444.9 2,872.5     0.1 29,710.7
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2022, I-XII 32,326.6   392.6 296,477.2   6320.4 8,536.4     0.0     0.0 20,798.1
trend, %       +26.3  +154.6     +36.0   +119.7   -47.9       х       х    +42.9
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The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2023 to December 31, 2023, made up KZT456.47 per US dollar.

[2024-01-18]