In January-February 2023 volume of trading in foreign currencies on KASE made up KZT3.9 trln

/KASE, March 14, 2023/ – In January-February 2023, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT3,883.9 bn increasing by 56.1 % YoY. Compared with the preceding two-month period (November-December) of 2022 the trading volume decreased by 8.8 %. Below is the table of indicators of KASE's foreign currency spot market in 2023 with the breakdown by currency pairs (in mln units of the first currency out of those specified in pairs), and comparative data of 2022. ----------------------------------------------------------- Trading volume Year, ---------------------------------------- Total, Month USD/KZT EUR/KZT RUB/KZT EUR/USD CNY/KZT bn KZT ---------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- 2023, I 2,411.6 22.3 13,478.1 954.1 298.5 1,715.2 2023, II 3,055.3 93.1 27,401.1 1,088.7 737.7 2,168.7 ---------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- Total 5,466.9 115.4 40,879.1 2,042.7 1,036.2 3,883.9 ---------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- 2022, I-II 5,587.1 16.2 5,543.9 0.0 132.1 2,487.7 trend, % -2.2 +611.1 +637.4 X +684.7 +56.1 ----------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2023 to February 28, 2023, made KZT455.82 per US dollar. [2023-03-14]