In January-August 2022 volume of trading in foreign currencies on KASE made up KZT11.3 trln

/KASE, September 7, 2022/ – In January-August 2022, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT11,289.1 bn, having increased by 19.6 % YoY. Compared with the preceding eight-month period (May-December) of 2021 the trading volume decreased by 0.7 %. 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 2022, III 3,481.7 2.6 21,272.7 4.0 909.4 1,918.0 2022, IV 2,068.0 35.2 31,831.3 0.0 726.4 1,191.3 2022, V 2,414.3 73.5 29,261.0 31.0 253.5 1,288.1 2022, VI 2,308.7 56.0 27,644.5 46.0 836.0 1,355.1 2022, VII 2,635.0 0.4 17,087.5 16.0 1,628.6 1,517.3 2022, VIII 2,323.8 148.5 18,849.7 318.6 863.8 1,531.6 ------------ -------- ------- --------- ------- ------- -------- Total 20,818.6 332.3 151,490.6 415.6 5,349.7 11,289.1 ------------ -------- ------- --------- ------- ------- -------- 2021, I-VIII 21,664.0 63.4 21,009.8 0.0 1,301.9 9,442.5 trend, % -3.9 +423.9 +621.0 X +310.9 +19.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2022 to August 31, 2022, made KZT457.77 per US dollar. [2022-09-07]