/KASE, June 10, 2021/ – In January-May 2021, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT5,434.4 bn increasing by 18.5 % YoY.

Compared with the preceding five-month period (August-December) of 2020 the trading volume decreased by 2.7 %.

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.

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                                      Trading volume        
Year,       ----------------------------------------  Total,
month        USD/KZT EUR/KZT RUB/KZT EUR/USD CNY/KZT  bn KZT
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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
2021, IV     2,920.1    11.8 1,945.5     0.0   218.2 1,287.8
2021, V      2,459.8     5.5 2,122.4     0.0   207.9 1,081.1
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Grand total 12,508.3    53.7 9,642.0     0.0   772.6 5,434.4
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2020, I-V   11,245.4    14.7 6,059.6     2.2   167.0 4,587.0
trend, %       +11.2  +264.2   +59.1  -100.0  +362.5   +18.5
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The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2021 to May 31, 2021, made KZT423.85 per US dollar.

[2021-06-10]