In January-September 2018 volume of foreign currencies traded on KASE increased by 16.8 % to KZT10.4 trln

/KASE, October 16, 2018/ – In January-September 2018, the volume of trading in foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT10,429.0 bn increasing by 16.8% against the corresponding period of 2017. The trading volume increased by 4.0% compared to previous nine-month period (April-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. -------------------------------------------------------------- Trading volume ----------------------------------------- Year, -------- ------- -------- Total, month USD/KZT EUR/KZT bn 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 2018, VII 2,885.3 3.7 859.8 0 29.9 1,001.8 2018, VIII 3,908.7 7.8 962.6 2.4 21.6 1,407.9 2018, IX 3,818.8 3.5 819.5 0 16.3 1,411.8 ----------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Total 30,630.1 46.8 8,719.6 43.5 158.4 10,429.0 ----------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- 2017, I– IX 26,938.6 43.4 34,320.9 0 85.6 8,932.5 trend, % +13.7 +8.0 -74.6 X +85.0 +16.8 -------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 3, 2018 to September 30, 2018, made KZT337.48 per US dollar. [2018-10-16]