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Amount of foreign currencies traded on KASE increased by 4.1 % to KZT11.6 trln in 2020
/KASE, January 20, 2021/ – In 2020, the amount of trading in foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT11,606.9 bn increasing by 4.1 % on 2019.
Below is the table of indicators of KASE's foreign currency spot market in 2020 with a breakdown by currency pairs (in mln units of the first of the currency pair), and comparative data of the similar data of 2019.
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Trade amount
Year, -------- ------- -------- --------------- Total,
month USD/KZT EUR/KZT RUB/KZT EUR/USD CNY/KZT bn KZT
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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
2020, XI 2,344.1 2.7 5,055.0 0 65.7 1,037.9
2020, XII 2,618.4 3.0 1,793.1 0 159.4 1,123.0
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Grand total 27,615.7 34.4 17,873.0 2.2 1,327.8 11,606.9
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2019, I– XII 28,837.7 60.6 11,487.0 0 324.1 11,145.0
trend, % -4.2 -43.1 +55.6 X +309.7 +4.1
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The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2020 to December 31, 2020, made KZT413.17 per US dollar.
[2021-01-20]