Amount of foreign currencies traded on KASE increased by 9.1 % to KZT13.4 trln in 2018

/KASE, January 21, 2019/ – In 2018, the amount of trading in foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT13,445.5 bn increasing by 9.1 % against the corresponding period of 2017. Below is the table of indicators of KASE's foreign currency spot market in 2018 with a breakdown by currency pairs (in mln units of the first of the currency pair), and comparative data of the similar data of 2017. --------------------------------------------------------------- Trade amount 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 2018, XII 2,811.3 4.2 648.2 0 25.5 1,053.1 ------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- Grand total 38,739.8 56.6 10,729.0 43.5 218.0 13,445.5 ------------ -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- 2017, I– XII 37,004.8 56.6 37,549.0 0 110.0 12,321.5 trend, % +4.7 0 -71.4 X +98.3 +9.1 --------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 3, 2018 to December 31, 2018, made KZT344.22 per US dollar. [2019-01-21]