In January–August 2020 amount of trading in foreign currencies on KASE decreased by 6.1 % to KZT7.3 trln

/KASE, September 10, 2020/ – In January–August 2020, the amount of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT7,253.1 bn decreasing by 6.1 % YoY. Compared with the preceding eight-month period (May–December) of 2019 the trading volume decreased by 6.8 %. 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 the 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 2020, IV 1,721.4 1.3 256.1 0.6 30.2 749.1 2020, V 1,600.2 2.1 223.8 1.3 20.1 672.7 2020, VI 2,095.1 3.6 354.8 0 277.9 861.7 2020, VII 2,067.3 2.7 303.5 0 238.4 869.2 2020, VIII 2,198.1 2.6 461.6 0 182.3 935.2 ------------ -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total 17,606.0 23.6 7,179.5 2.2 865.6 7,253.1 ------------ -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2019, I-VIII 20,144.1 41.6 4,059.5 0 238.5 7,727.3 trend, % -12.6 -43.2 +76.9 X +263.0 -6.1 ------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2020 to August 31, 2020, made KZT406.15 per US dollar. [2020-09-10]