In nine months of 2010 foreign currencies trades volume on KASE increased by 59.5 % and made up KZT11.1 trn ($75.0 bn)

/KASE, October 6, 10/ - In nine months of 2010 foreign currencies trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swap transactions, made up KZT11,053.4 bn (USD75,943.0 m) and increased against the same period of 2009 by 59.5 % (56.3 % in USD). In comparison with the previous nine months period (April-December 2009) trades volume increased by 66.1 % (69.4 % in USD). Below is the table on currency trade statistics in 2010 with the breakdown by month, currency and deal type, and comparative data of 2009. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trades volume ----------------------------------- --------- -------- -------- spot-market, ----------------------------------- Swap- total, total, Year, USD/KZT EUR/KZT EUR/USD RUB/KZT market, m bn m month USD/KZT KZT USD ---------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- -------- -------- 2010, I 4,074.7 6.9 8.3 411.0 2,067.7 914.8 6,178.1 2010, II 5,257.7 37.7 8.3 657.7 1,516.0 1,013.4 6,858.5 2010, III 3,183.9 40.8 10.8 569.2 2,012.0 777.5 5,285.5 2010, IV 5,576.1 70.9 14.3 256.0 2,226.5 1,162.6 7,926.2 2010, V 5,525.0 1.5 2.7 453.1 1,497.3 1,033.2 7,042.3 2010, VI 6,492.7 8.4 1.5 371.5 2,319.5 1,300.3 8,836.2 2010, VII 6,088.3 2.5 9.3 529.5 3,842.8 1,470.0 9,962.7 2010, VIII 7,987.6 5.6 7.5 409.3 4,125.5 1,789.0 12,143.5 2010, IX 7,415.4 4.2 9.5 495.5 3,359.0 1,592.4 10,807.7 ---------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- -------- -------- Total 51,603.6 178.4 72.1 4,152.8 22,966.3 11,053.4 75,043.0 ---------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- -------- -------- 2009, I-IX 36,476.2 410.7 н/т 400.9 10,951.0 6,930.7 48,020.7 chg., % +41.5 -56.6 Х +935.9 +109.7 +59.5 +56.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weighted average tenge to dollar rate, calculated on all deals of the main (morning) trade session on KASE in the period January 5, 10 to September 30, 10, made up KZT147.30 per dollar, on all exchange deals - KZT147.28 per dollar. Tenge reinforced against dollar on weighted average exchange rate in the current year by 0.80 % APR. In initial nine months of 2010 revaluation rate of tenge to dollar in nominal terms made up 0.60 %. In 2009 tenge devalued to dollar in nominal value by 22.91 %, in 2008 - 0.41 %. [2010-10-06]