In January–November 2019 volume of foreign currencies traded on KASE decreased by 18.0 % to KZT10.2 trillion

/KASE, December 11, 2019/ – In January–November 2019, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT10,160.9 bn decreasing by 18.0 % YoY. The trading volume decreased by 16.7 % compared with the previous eleven-month period of 2018 (February–December). Below is the table of indicators of KASE's foreign currency spot market in 2019 with the breakdown by currency pairs (in mln units of the first of the currency pair), and comparative data of the similar data of 2018. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Trading volume Year, ----------------------------------------- Total, Month USD/KZT EUR/KZT RUB/KZT EUR/USD CNY/KZT KZT in billions ---------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- --------------- 2019, I 2,020.9 6.4 475.9 0 28.3 770.6 2019, II 2,659.8 3.7 531.6 0 21.2 1,007.9 2019, III 2,062.2 8.4 469.9 0 23.7 786.6 2019, IV 2075.9 2.4 753.0 0 35.7 794.9 2019, V 2,114.5 7.4 567.6 0 39.1 811.8 2019, VI 3,931.9 3.8 451.0 0 18.7 1,508.6 2019, VII 2,721.1 5.9 374.8 0 23.0 1,050.8 2019, VIII 2,557.9 3.6 435.7 0 48.8 996.1 2019, IX 1,922.9 4.7 470.7 0 20.3 750.0 2019, X 2,092.3 4.5 4,144.4 0 19.1 842.4 2019, XI 2,126.1 3.4 2,379.8 0 25.6 841.2 ---------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- --------------- Total 26,285.4 54.2 11,054.4 0 303.5 10,160.9 ---------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- --------------- 2018, I-XI 35,928.6 52.4 10,080.8 43.5 192.6 12,392.4 trend, % -26.8 +3.5 +9.7 -100.0 +57.6 -18.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 3, 2019 to November 30, 2019, made KZT382.52 per US dollar. [2019-12-11]