/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.

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                                                        Trades volume
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                          spot market, m
           -----------------------------      swap   total,    total,
Year,          USD/  EUR/   EUR/    RUB/ market, m       bn         m
Month           KZT   KZT    USD     KZT   USD/KZT      KZT       USD
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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
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Total      73,882.9 182.7   85.0 5,727.1  32,452.0 15,748.9 106,882.5
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2009,      49,207.5 621.2   22.5 1,241.9  17,552.5  9,879.0  67,725.7
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   chg., %    +50.1 -70.6 +277.6  +361.2     +84.9    +59.4     +57.8
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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]