In January-February 2022 volume of trading in foreign currencies on KASE made up KZT2.5 trln

/KASE, March 14, 2022/ – In January-February 2022, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT2,487.7 bn increasing by 27.9 % YoY. Compared with the preceding two-month period (November-December) of 2021 the trading volume decreased by 32.0 %. Below is the table of indicators of KASE's foreign currency spot market in 2022 with the breakdown by currency pairs (in mln units of the first currency out of those specified in pairs), and comparative data of 2021. ---------------------------------------------------------- Trading volume Year, -----------------------------------------Total, Month USD/KZT EUR/KZT RUB/KZT EUR/USD CNY/KZT bn KZT ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2022, I 2,786.9 0.8 3,017.1 0.0 72.5 1,232.1 2022, II 2,800.2 15.4 2,526.8 0.0 59.5 1,255.7 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total 5,587.1 16.2 5,543.9 0.0 132.1 2,487.7 ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2021, I-II 4,544.6 23.2 2,508.2 0.0 208.0 1,944.9 trend, % +22.9 -30.0 +121.0 X -36.5 +27.9 ---------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2022 to February 28, 2022, made KZT436.60 per US dollar. [2022-03-14]