In nine months of 2011 foreign currencies trades volume on KASE increased by 6.7 % and made up KZT11.8 trln ($80.7 bn)

/KASE, October 6, 11/ - In nine months of 2011 foreign currencies trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swap transactions, made up KZT11,799.1 bn (USD80,681.9 m) and increased against the same period of 2010 by 6.7 % (7.5 % in USD). In comparison with the previous nine month period (April-December 2010) trades volume decreased by 9.5 % (8.9 % in USD). Below is the table on currency trade statistics in 2011 with the breakdown by month, currency and deal type, and comparative data of 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ---------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- -------- -------- 2011, I 6,145.8 3.1 0 158.1 1,925.6 1,187.8 8,080.7 2011, II 8,048.8 2.4 6.8 288.8 1,860.5 1,454.0 9,931.8 2011, III 8,052.6 1.3 0 835.5 1,945.2 1,461.7 10,028.8 2011, IV 6,930.9 1.6 0 293.5 2,855.6 1,425.2 9,799.2 2011, V 5,981.9 3.1 0 298.5 2,365.5 1,217.0 8,362.4 2011, VI 6,459.5 0.6 8.0 221.4 1,295.5 1,134.2 7,775.2 2011, VII 5,533.7 0.2 0 256.1 1,458.0 1,021.7 7,001.2 2011, VIII 8,051.4 192.5 0 431.5 1,415.8 1,431.5 9,758.9 2011, IX 7,546.5 378.8 20.0 495.5 1,833.9 1,466.0 9,943.7 ---------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- -------- -------- Total 62,750.9 583.4 34.8 3,278.9 16,955.6 11,799.1 80,681.9 ---------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- -------- -------- 2010, I-IX 51,601.3 178.4 72.1 4,152.8 22,966.3 11,053.2 75,041.5 chg., % +21.6 +227.0 -51.7 -21.0 -26.2 +6.7 +7.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weighted average rate of tenge to dollar, calculated on all deals of the main (morning) trading session on KASE in the period January 5, 11 to September 30, 11, made up KZT146.27 per dollar, on all exchange deals - KZT146.25 per dollar. Tenge devaluated against dollar on weighted average exchange rate in the current year by 0.44 % APR. In initial nine months of 2011 devaluation rate of tenge to dollar in nominal value made up 0.33 %. In 2010 revaluation rate of tenge to dollar in nominal value made up 0.65 %. In 2009 tenge devalued to dollar in nominal value by 22.91 %, in 2008 - 0.41 %. [2011-10-06]