In 2007 volume of foreign currency transactions on KASE reached $91,421.8 m. and grew 2.2 times in dollar equivalent

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, January 3, 07/ - In 2007 volume of foreign currency transactions held on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached the equivalent of USD91,421.8 m. and grew by $49,726.2 m., compared to year 2006 or 2.2 times in dollar equivalent. In tenge equivalent the turnover grew 2.1 times. Below is the table of volumes of foreign currency deals made on KASE in year 2007 grouped by months and types of currencies. --------------------------------------------------------------- Total trade volume, th. units Volume of ------------------------ Volume, equivalent, Month USD EUR RUB m. KZT th. USD ------------ ---------- ----- ------- ------------ ------------ January 6,387,860 0 21,500 802,673.8 6,388,670.5 February 4,813,355 0 20,000 601,141.6 4,814,119.9 March 5,552,490 0 10,800 688,298.8 5,552,903.9 April 5,895,500 0 24,900 719,511.0 5,896,464.2 May 7,127,730 0 65,300 858,102.5 7,130,259.4 June 10,316,405 0 55,800 1,259,146.3 10,318,561.5 July 7,953,990 0 60,700 971,679.6 7,956,364.7 August 11,156,840 500 13,600 1,396,545.2 11,158,051.4 September 7,756,105 2,000 21,000 949,640.8 7,759,728.5 October 4,964,655 1,500 16,100 600,288.1 4,967,435.6 November 9,640,130 2,000 71,400 1,164,411.8 9,646,011.9 December 9,829,265 0 96,400 1,187,758.5 9,833,194.4 ------------ ---------- ----- ------- ------------ ------------ Total 91,394,325 6,000 477,500 11,199,198.1 91,421,765.9 ------------ ---------- ----- ------- ------------ ------------ 2006 41,688,255 250 185,600 5,277,291.8 41,695,528.6 Trend, times 2.19 24.00 2.57 2.12 2.19 --------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted average market rate of tenge against US dollar, calculated on all deals of the main (morning) session of KASE from January 1, 07 till December 31, 07, according to IRBIS's estimation totaled KZT122.92 per dollar, on all exchange's deals - KZT122.50 per dollar. According to exchange's weighted average rate, in year 2007 tenge strengthened against dollar in nominal expression by 5.28%. In 2006 tenge appreciated relative to dollar by 5.06% in nominal expression. [2008-01-03]