In January-March 2021 volume of trading in foreign currencies on KASE made up KZT3.1 trln

/KASE, April 14, 2021/ – In January-March 2021, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT3,065.5 bn decreasing by 3.2 % YoY. Compared with the preceding three-month period (October-December) of 2020 the trading volume decreased by 4.7 %. Below is the table of indicators of KASE's foreign currency spot market in 2021 with the breakdown by currency pairs (in mln units of the first currency out of those specified in pairs), and comparative data of 2020. ----------------------------------------------------------- Trading volume Year, ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total, month USD/KZT EUR/KZT RUB/KZT EUR/USD CNY/KZT bn KZT ----------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2021, I 2,225.5 6.9 1,501.5 0.0 103.4 954.1 2021, II 2,319.1 16.3 1,006.8 0.0 104.6 990.8 2021, III 2,583.8 13.2 3,065.9 0.0 138.5 1,120.6 ----------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total 7,128.4 36.4 5,574.1 0.0 346.5 3,065.5 ----------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2020, I-III 7,923.9 11.4 5,579.8 0.3 116.7 3,165.2 trend, % -10.0 220.7 -0.1 -100.0 196.9 -3.2 ----------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2021 to March 31, 2021, made KZT419.89 per US dollar. [2021-04-14]