In January–November 2018 volume of foreign currencies traded on KASE increased by 11.3 % to KZT12.4 trln

/KASE, December 12, 2018/ – In January–November 2018, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT12,392.4 bn increasing by 11.3 % against the corresponding period of 2017. The trading volume increased by 5.3% compared to previous eleven-month period (February–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 2018, XI 2,732.6 1.9 479.2 0 17.4 1,014.6 ----------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Grand total 35,928.6 52.4 10,080.8 43.5 192.6 12,392.4 ----------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- 2017, I–XI 33,467.4 52.7 37,033.3 0 96.8 11,137.1 trend, % +7.4 -0.7 -72.8 X +99.0 +11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 3, 2018 to November 30, 2018, made KZT342.03 per US dollar. [2018-12-12]