In January-October 2020 volume of foreign currencies traded on KASE rose by 1.4 % to KZT9.4 trillion

/KASE, November 10, 2020/ – In January-October 2020, the volume of trading in foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT9,446.1 bn and rose by 1.4 % compared to relevant period of 2019. Trading volume dropped by 0.9 % compared to the previous ten-month period of 2019 (March-December). 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 of the currency pair), and comparative data of the similar data of 2019. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Trading volume ----------------------------------------- Year, -------- ------- -------- Total, Month USD/KZT EUR/KZT RUB/KZT EUR/USD CNY/KZT KZT, in billions ---------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ---------------- 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 2020, IX 2,646.4 4.3 374.1 0 156.1 1,137.4 2020, X 2,400.8 0.8 3,471.4 0 81.1 1,055.6 ---------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ---------------- Total 22,653.2 28.7 11,025.0 2.2 1,102.7 9,446.1 ---------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ---------------- 2019, I-X 24,159.3 50.8 8,674.6 0 277.9 9,319.7 trend, % -6.2 -43.4 +27.1 X +296.8 +1.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2020 to October 31, 2020, made KZT410.75 per US dollar. [2020-11-10]