In January–March 2020 volume of trading in foreign currencies on KASE increased by 23.4 % to KZT3.2 trln

/KASE, April 16, 2020/ – In January–March 2020, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT3,165.2 bn increasing by 23.4 % YoY. Compared with the preceding three-month period (October–December) the trading volume increased by 18.7 %. 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 ----------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2020, III 3,455.3 2.1 4,818.2 0.3 43.5 1,462.2 ----------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total 7,923.9 11.4 5,579.8 0.3 116.7 3,165.2 ----------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2019, I-III 6,742.8 18.5 1,477.4 0 73.1 1,778.5 trend, % +17.5 -38.5 +277.7 X +59.7 +23.4 ----------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2020 to March 31, 2020, made KZT394.04 per US dollar. [2020-04-16]