In January–February 2020 volume of trading in foreign currencies on KASE decreased by 4.2 % to KZT1.7 trln

/KASE, March 11, 2020/ – In January–February 2020, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT1,703.0 bn decreasing by 4.2 % YoY. Compared with the preceding two-month period (November–December) the trading volume decreased by 6.7 %. Below is the table of indicators of KASE's foreign currency spot market in 2020 with the breakdown by currency pairs (in mln units of the first currency out of those specified in pairs), and comparative data of 2019. ---------------------------------------------------------- Trading volume Year, --------------------------------------- Total, month USD/KZT EUR/KZT RUB/KZT EUR/USD CNY/KZT bn KZT ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2020, I 2,370.9 5.7 365.4 0 54.6 905.2 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2020, II 2,097.7 3.5 396.2 0 18.7 797.8 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total 4,468.6 9.2 761.6 0 73.2 1,703.0 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2019, I-II 4,680.7 10.1 1,007.5 0 49.4 1,778.5 trend, % -4.5 -8.1 -24.4 X +48.2 -4.2 ---------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2020 to February 29, 2020, made KZT378.32 per US dollar. [2020-03-11]