In ten months of 2010 foreign currencies trades volume on KASE increased by 61.0 % and made up KZT12.5 trn ($84.7 bn)

/KASE, November 3, 10/ - In ten months of 2010 foreign currencies trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swap transactions, made up KZT12,472.7 bn (USD84,660.4 m) and increased against the same period of 2009 by 61.0 % (58.4 % in USD). In comparison with the previous ten month period (March-December 2009) trades volume increased by 65.5 % (68.8 % 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 2010, X 5,871.7 0.6 5.8 579.6 3,717.7 1,419.3 9,617.4 ---------- -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- Total 57,475.2 178.9 77.9 4,732.4 26,684.0 12,472.7 84,660.4 ---------- -------- ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- -------- 2009, I-X 39,444.4 515.4 н/т 400.9 13,238.5 7,746.5 53,431.5 chg., % +45.7 -65.3 Х +1,080.4 +101.6 +61.0 +58.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted average rate of tenge to dollar, calculated on all deals of the main (morning) trade session on KASE in the period January 5, 10 to October 31, 10, made up KZT147.32 per dollar, on all exchange deals - KZT147.31 per dollar. Tenge reinforced against dollar on weighted average exchange rate in the current year by 0.77 % APR. In initial ten months of 2010 revaluation rate of tenge to dollar in nominal value made up 0.64 %. In 2009 tenge devalued to dollar in nominal value by 22.91 %, in 2008 - 0.41 %. [2010-11-03]