In January–October 2016 volume of foreign currency traded on KASE decreased by 46.9 % and made up KZT29.5 trln (USD85.2 bn)

/KASE, November 4, 2016/ – In January–October 2016 the volume of foreign currencies traded on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swap transactions, made KZT29,524.2 bn (equivalent to USD85,171.5 mln) and decreased by 46.9 % against the same period of 2015 (by 69.5 % in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous ten-month period (March–December 2015) the volume of trades decreased by 37.7 % (by 59.6 % in dollar terms). The table below shows indicators of the foreign currency market in 2016 with a breakdown by month, currency and deal type and comparative data of 2015. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trades volume ------------------------------------------ ----------------- -------- --------- spot-market, mln swap-market, mln total, total, Year, ------------------------------------------ ----------------- bn mln month USD/KZT EUR/KZT RUB/KZT EUR/USD CNY/KZT USD/KZT EUR/KZT KZT USD ---------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- --------- ------- -------- --------- 2016, I 2,322.2 2.0 1,021.5 0 4.9 13,029.2 0 5,650.0 15,367.4 2016, II 2,386.3 1.7 1,646.0 1.5 6.6 7,501.7 0 3,566.5 9,913.8 2016, III 2,960.5 2.4 1,029.6 0.2 4.5 4,363.5 0 2,529.8 7,342.2 2016, IV 2,758.0 1.7 1,517.3 0.4 8.0 5,580.0 0 2,819.3 8,364.4 2016, V 2,503.2 1.6 744.6 0 6.4 3,314.5 0 1,943.2 5,831.8 2016, VI 2,662.6 2.7 867.8 0 5.0 5,683.1 0 2,817.6 8,362.8 2016, VII 2,250.8 1.7 740.0 0 5.7 5,038.8 0 2,505.2 7,303.9 2016, VIII 2,821.7 1.1 927.4 1.5 7.4 6,447.1 0 3,202.5 9,287.1 2016, IX 2,243.0 1.2 669.1 0 9.1 4,590.2 0 2,315.0 6,846.3 2016, X 2,181.7 2.6 1,023.4 0 6.7 4,350.2 0 2,175.2 6,552.0 ---------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- --------- ------- -------- --------- Total 25,089.7 18.6 10,186.7 3.6 64.2 59,898.3 0 29,524.2 85,171.5 ---------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- --------- ------- -------- --------- 2015, I–X 47,970.9 29.9 16,074.9 0 42.3 230,888.0 0 55,639.0 279,166.8 trend, % -47.7 -37.8 -36.6 X +51.7 -74.1 X -46.9 -69.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weighted average KZT/USD rate calculated on all deals in the morning (main) trading session in the period from January 5, 2016 to October 31, 2016, made up KZT343.78 per US dollar, on all exchange-based deals – KZT343.32 per US dollar. [2016-11-04]