/KASE, November 2, 2018/ – As announced earlier, the training competition "Exchange simulator" organized by Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) was conducted from September 17 to October 17, 2018.

Based on the competition results the trading volume reached KZT2,332.3 mln. The average daily volume of transactions in said period exceeded KZT89.7 mln.

Below is information on all transactions made, by instrument, during the period from September 17 to October 17, 2018:

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Trade code Number of transactions Volume, KZT mln
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GB_KZMS                     1,938           581.2
RU_SBER                     1,573           358.4
KZTO                        1,315           292.9
BAST                          754           254.8
US_BAC_                       783           212.4
HSBK                        2,210           150.6
KZTK                          573           149.5
CCBN                        2,381           103.9
KEGC                          869           103.2
KCEL                          714            83.8
RDGZp                         316            41.6
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Total                      13,426         2,332.3
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The maximum number and the maximum amount of transactions made by one participant are 662 and KZT393.4 mln, respectively.

1,290 students from more than 35 education institutions took part in the trading. Based on the competition results, with support from financial institutions 23 students received awards (previously there were 15 awards).

For the first time students who formed the largest investment portfolio based on the competition results, were provided with an opportunity to take guaranteed paid job training in financial companies like Freedom Finance, Centras Securities, CAIFC INVESTMENT GROUP, CIB SB VTB Bank Kazakhstan, Altyn Bank, Capital Bank Kazakhstan, IC London-Almaty, Tenrgi Bank, BCC Invest, Tsesna Capital.

The purpose of the project is to increase the financial literacy of young specialists and provide them with practical skills of operation on the stock market. Students are given the opportunity to trade in the most liquid securities in the Kazakh market, most of which is part of the KASE Index. At the beginning of trades, each participant is provided with a portfolio worth one million tenge to be managed. The main task of students is to form the best portfolio which will determine the winners of the competition.

This competition has been conducted by KASE group of companies since 2008.

[2018-11-02]