In 2010 volume of foreign currencies trading on KASE increased by 59.4 % and made up KZT15.7 trln ($106.9 bn)

/KASE, January 6, 11/ - In 2010 volume of trading in foreign currencies on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swap transactions, made up KZT15,748.9 bn (equivalent to USD106,882.5 m) increasing by 59.4 % (57.8 % expressed in USD) against 2009. The table below shows KASE foreign currencies market indicators in 2010 with the breakdown by month, currency and deals, and 2009 comparative data. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Trades volume ---------------------------------------------------------- spot market, m ----------------------------- swap total, total, Year, USD/ EUR/ EUR/ RUB/ market, m bn m Month KZT KZT USD KZT 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 2010, XI 7,507.6 1.9 7.1 622.1 3,047.5 1,561.6 10,587.6 2010, XII 8,900.2 1.9 0 372.6 2,720.5 1,714.6 11,634.5 ---------- -------- ----- ------ ------- --------- -------- --------- Total 73,882.9 182.7 85.0 5,727.1 32,452.0 15,748.9 106,882.5 ---------- -------- ----- ------ ------- --------- -------- --------- 2009, 49,207.5 621.2 22.5 1,241.9 17,552.5 9,879.0 67,725.7 I-XII chg., % +50.1 -70.6 +277.6 +361.2 +84.9 +59.4 +57.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate, calculated on all deals of the KASE main (morning) trade session in January 5, 2010 - December 31, 2010, made up KZT147.34 per dollar, on all exchange deals - KZT147.34 per dollar as well. In 2010, tenge revalued to dollar 0.65 % in nominal terms. In 2009, tenge devalued to the dollar 22.91 % in nominal terms, in 2008 - 0.41 %. [2011-01-06]