In January–October 2018 volume of foreign currencies traded on KASE increased by 12.1 % to KZT11.4 trln

/KASE, November 7, 2018/ – In January–October 2018, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT11,377.8 bn increasing by 12.1 % against the corresponding period of 2017. The trading volume increased by 4.2% compared to previous ten-month period (March–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 2017. -------------------------------------------------------------- Trading 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 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 2018, X 2,565.9 3.7 882.0 0 16.9 948.8 ----------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Grand total 33,196.0 50.5 9,601.6 43.5 175.2 11,377.8 ----------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- 2017, I–X 30,537.9 45.8 35,744.8 0 89.7 10,154.2 trend, % +8.7 +10.4 -73.1 X +95.4 +12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 3, 2018 to October 31, 2018, made KZT339.75 per US dollar. [2018-11-07]