Stock Market Simulator: trading volume from April 1 to April 5 reached KZT270.7 mln

/KASE, April 8, 2019/ – As reported earlier, training competition "Stock Market Simulator" organized by Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) is conducted from April 1 to April 30, 2019. During the first week of the competition (from April 1 to April 5), trading volume reached KZT270.7 mln. The average daily volume of transactions for the said period exceeded KZT54.1 mln. The below is the information on all transactions made by instruments during the period from April 1 to April 5, 2019: ----------------------------------------------------------- Trade code (ticker) Number of transactions Volume, KZT mln ------------------- ---------------------- ---------------- KZTK 195 51.7 GB_KZMS 227 41.7 US_BAC_ 140 31.8 RU_SBER 198 28.6 HSBK 203 26.2 KCEL 135 22.7 KZTO 178 19.2 BAST 79 18.4 KEGC 107 14.5 RDGZp 60 8.9 CCBN 108 7.0 ------------------- ---------------------- ---------------- Всего 1,630 270.7 ----------------------------------------------------------- The maximum number and the maximum volume of transactions made by one participant is 45 and KZT28.5 mln, respectively. Currently, 901 students from more than 30 various educational institutions have registered for participation in the Stock Market Simulator project. The purpose of the project is to increase financial literacy of young specialists and provide them practical skills on the stock market. Students are given the opportunity to trade in most liquid securities in the Kazakhstani 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 for its management. The main task of students is to form the best portfolio and it will determine winners of the competition. This competition has been conducted by KASE group of companies since 2008. [2019-04-08]