In January-July 2021 forex trading on KASE reaches KZT8.2 trln

/KASE, August 9, 2021/ – In January-July 2021, spot market forex trading on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) reached KZT8,221.7 bn having increased by 30.1 % YoY. Compared with the preceding seven-month period (June-December) of 2020 the trading volume decreased 17.1 %. 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 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 2021, VI 3,228.8 5.8 2,123.4 0.0 194.5 1,407.4 2021, VII 3,160.9 2.2 3,127.8 0.0 206.7 1,379.9 ----------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- total 18,898.1 61.7 14,893.2 0.0 1,173.7 8,221.7 ----------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- 2020, I-VII 15,407.9 21.0 6,717.9 2.2 683.3 6,317.8 trend, % +22.7 +193.4 +121.7 -100.0 +71.8 +30.1 ------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2021 to July 31, 2021, made KZT424.80 per US dollar. [2021-08-09]