In January-February 2015 volume of foreign currency trade on KASE increased 3.5 times and made up KZT18.8 trln ($102.0 bn)

/KASE, March 3, 15/ - In January-February 2015 the volume of foreign currencies being traded on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swap transactions, made up KZT18,811.5 bn (equivalent of USD101,989.8 mln) increasing 3.5 times (3.2 times in dollar terms) against the same period of 2014. In comparison with the previous two month period (Novemberքecember 2014)the trading volume increased by 84.7 % (82.0 % in dollar terms). Below is the table on KASE foreign currency trade statistics in 2015 with the breakdown by month, currency and deal type, and comparative data of 2014. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trades volume --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- spot-market, m swap-market, m Year ----------------------------------------------------------- total, total, month USD/KZT EUR/KZT EUR/USD RUB/KZT CNY/KZT USD/KZT EUR/KZT bn KZT m USD ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------- -------- --------- 2015, I 4,685.2 1.7 0 1,954.8 1.4 44,103.6 0 8,978.8 48,821.1 2015, II 5,538.6 1.5 0 2,939.0 3.3 47,582.0 0 9,832.6 53,168.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,223.7 3.2 0 4,893.8 4.7 91,685.6 0 18,811.5 101,989.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014, I-II 16,565.2 2.2 0 741.1 15,340.1 125.0 5,318.2 32,130.6 trend, % -38.3 +43.2 X +560.3 X +497.7 -100.0 +253.7 +217.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average rate of the tenge to the US dollar, calculated on