In January-June 2018 volume of foreign currencies traded on KASE increased by 24.2 % to KZT6.6 trln

/KASE, July 17, 2018/ – In January-June 2018, the volume of trading in foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT6,607.5 bn increasing by 24.2% against the corresponding period of 2017. The trading volume decreased by 5.6% compared to previous six-month period (July -December) of 2017. Below is the table of indicators of KASE's foreign currency spot market in 2018 with the breakdown by currency pairs (in mln units of the first of the currency pair), and comparative data of the similar data of 2017. ------------------------------------------------------------ Trade volume ---------------------------------------- Year, -------- ------- ------- total, Month USD/KZT EUR/KZT RUB/KZT EUR/USD CNY/KZT bn KZT ----------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2018, I 3,798.9 2.9 586.8 0 26.4 1 244.8 2018, II 3,334.7 3.0 1,102.0 0 6.3 1 081.2 2018, III 2,363.1 2.0 1,095.8 0 10.3 765.2 2018, IV 4,367.3 7.8 1,539.5 26.0 15.0 1 447.5 2018, V 3,124.1 10.2 943.1 15.0 9.1 1 040.1 2018, VI 3,029.3 6.0 810.5 0.1 23.6 1 028.8 ----------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Grand total 20,017.3 31.8 6,077.7 41.1 90.6 6 607.5 ----------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2017, I–VI 16,597.2 36.8 6,043.3 0 63.0 5 320.4 trend, % +20.6 -13.6 +0.6 X +43.8 +24.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 3, 2018 to June 29, 2018, made KZT326.75 per US dollar. [2018-07-17]