In January 2017 volume of foreign currencies trades on KASE decreased by 0.6 % and made up KZT5.6 trln ($17.0 bn)

/KASE, February 6, 2017/ – In January 2017 the volume of foreign currencies trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swap transactions, made up KZT5,618.1 bn (equivalent of USD16,994.7 mln) and decreased by 0.6 % (increased by 10.6 % in dollar terms) against the same period of 2016. In comparison with December 2016 the trades volume increased by 41.2 % (42.0% in dollar terms). Below is the table of indicators of KASE foreign currency market in January 2017 with the breakdown by currency and deal type, and comparative data of the similar month of last year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trades volume --------------------------------------- ---------------- ------- -------- spot-market, mln swap-market, mln --------------------------------------- ---------------- total, total, Year, USD/KZT EUR/KZT EUR/USD RUB/KZT USD/KZT bn bn month CNY/KZT EUR/KZT KZT USD -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- 2017, I 1,630.9 17.3 0 1,807.1 11.5 15,313.4 0 5,618.1 16,994.7 -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- 2016, I 2,322.2 2.0 0 1,021.5 4.9 13,029.2 0 5,650.0 15,367.4 trend, % -29.8 +762.5 X +76.9 +136.1 -17.5 X -0.6 +10.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4, 2017 to January 31, 2017, made up KZT329.88 per US dollar, on all exchange deals – KZT330.21 per US dollar. [2017-02-06]