In 2013 volume of foreign currencies trading on KASE increased by 28.3 % to KZT18.4 trln ($120.6 bn)

13.01.14 19:22
/KASE, January 13, 14/ – In 2013 the volume of trading in foreign currencies on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swap transactions, made up KZT18,374.8 bn (equivalent to USD120,583.0 mln) increasing by 28.3 % (25.5 % in dollar terms) against the same period of 2012. The table below shows KASE foreign currencies market indicators in 2013 with the breakdown by month, currency and type of deal, and 2012 comparative data. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Trades volume ---------------------------------------------------------- spot-market, mln --------------------------- swap- total, total, Year, USD/ EUR/ EUR/ RUB/ market, mln bn mln month KZT KZT USD KZT USD/KZT KZT USD ---------- -------- ----- ---- ------- ----------- -------- --------- 2013, I 3,670.1 1.0 0 362.9 3,148.7 1,030.0 6,832.1 2013, II 4,460.1 1.0 0 419.3 4,158.0 1,298.8 8,633.3 2013, III 3,335.7 1.1 0 264.1 2,974.2 952.8 6,319.9 2013, IV 5,050.3 2.0 0 380.7 3,568.9 1,303.6 8,633.9 2013, V 4,706.5 0.8 0 353.6 4,122.4 1,334.8 8,841.2 2013, VI 4,206.2 0.8 0 256.4 5,022.4 1,399.1 9,237.6 2013, VII 6,536.7 1.5 0 354.2 6,798.4 2,039.6 13,347.8 2013, VIII 7,378.7 2.3 0 275.0 5,823.4 2,020.7 13,213.5 2013, IX 4,222.4 1.0 0 412.9 2,411.7 1,019.3 6,648.1 2013, X 5,217.1 1.0 0 415.7 5,682.3 1,680.7 10,913.7 2013, XI 5,820.6 0.6 0 548.1 8,457.0 2,190.9 14,295.1 2013, XII 6,789.7 1.5 0 436.5 6,861.9 2,104.5 13,666.8 ---------- -------- ----- ---- ------- ----------- -------- --------- Total 61,393.9 14.5 0 4,479.4 59,029.3 18,374.8 120,583.0 ---------- -------- ----- ---- ------- ----------- -------- --------- 2012 62,429.5 27.0 0 8,101.1 33,336.3 14,323.6 96,063.7 trend, % -1.7 -46.3 – -44.7 +77.1 +28.3 +25.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all deals of KASE main (morning) trade session in the period from January 3, 2013 – December 31, 2013, made up KZT152.29 per US dollar, on all exchange deals – KZT152.36 per US dollar. In 2013 tenge devalued to US dollar at a rate of 2.20 % in nominal terms. In 2012 tenge devalued to US dollar at a rate of 1.58 % in nominal terms. In 2011, tenge revalued by 0.61 % to US dollar in nominal terms. [2014-01-13]