In January 2016 volume of foreign currencies trades on KASE decreased by 37.1 % and made up KZT5.6 trln ($15.4 bn)

/KASE, February 4, 16/ – In January 2016 the volume of foreign currencies trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swap transactions, made up KZT5,650.0 bn (equivalent of USD15,367.4 mln) and decreased by 37.1 % (by 68.5 % in dollar terms) against the same period of 2015. In comparison with December 2015 the trades volume increased by 3.7 % (decreased by 8.2 % in dollar terms). Below is the table of indicators of KASE foreign currency market in January 2016 with the breakdown by currency and deal type, and comparative data of the similar month of last year. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trades volume ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------- ------- -------- spot-market, mln ---------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------- swap- total, total, Year, USD/KZT EUR/KZT EUR/USD RUB/KZT CNY/KZT market, m bn m month USD/KZT KZT USD -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ---------- ------- -------- 2016, I 2,322.2 2.0 0 1,021.5 4.9 13,029.2 5,650.0 15,367.4 -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------- -------- 2015, I 4,685.2 1.7 0 1,954.8 1.4 44,103.6 8,978.8 48,820.7 trend, % -50.4 +21.2 X -47.7 +246.4 -70.5 -37.1 -68.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average rate of the tenge to the US dollar, calculated on all deals of the main (morning) trading session on KASE in the period from January 5, 2016 to January 31, 2016, made up KZT367.57 per US dollar, on all exchange deals – KZT367.88 per US dollar. [2016-02-04]