In January-August 2026 volume of trading in foreign currencies on KASE totaled KZT 44.2 trln
/KASE, September 7, 2026/ – In January-August 2026, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) totaled KZT 44,230.9 bn increasing by 51.1 % YoY.
Compared with the preceding eight-month period (May-December) of 2025 the trading volume increased by 17.6 %.
Below is the table of indicators of KASE's foreign currency spot market in 2026 with a breakdown by currency pairs (in mln units of the first currency out of those specified in pairs), and comparative data of 2025.
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Trading volume
Year, -------- ------- ----------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------
month USD/KZT EUR/KZT RUB/KZT EUR/USD CNY/KZT AED/KZT USD/CNY EUR/CNY USD/AED bn KZT
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2026, I 6,349.1 57.6 108,962.3 159.3 1,357.9 0.0 316.3 0.0 0.0 4,322.9
2026, II 7,620.9 55.4 136,901.0 143.7 1,348.2 0.0 74.7 0.0 0.0 4,913.6
2026, III 7,511.4 35.5 137,768.9 357.9 1,908.5 0.0 127.5 0.0 0.0 4,904.8
2026, IV 9,555.7 83.1 155,237.8 170.8 3,168.2 0.2 320.6 0.0 0.0 5,931.8
2026, V 7,748.1 93.6 135,577.3 337.6 1,205.6 1.0 316.5 0.0 0.3 5,004.2
2026, VI 9,709.1 139.3 189,595.0 187.9 2,393.5 121.8 187.7 0.0 2.2 6,446.3
2026, VII 10,743.1 106.6 194,164.5 184.3 2,163.6 67.5 319.0 0.0 76.1 6,750.3
2026, VIII 10,056.6 63.9 149,578.0 129.9 2,990.3 3.8 336.8 0.0 1.4 5,957.1
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Grand total 69,294.0 635.0 1,207,784.7 1,671.5 16,535.7 194.3 1,999.1 0.0 80.0 44,230.9
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2025, I-VIII 41,164.8 891.0 883,155.0 876.8 9,271.9 0.0 1,646.8 0.0 0.0 29,274.4
trend, % +68.3 -28.7 +36.8 +90.6 +78.3 – +21.4 – – +51.1
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The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 3, 2026 to August 31, 2026, made KZT 479.81 per US dollar.
[2026-09-07]