In January-July 2023 volume of trading in foreign currencies on KASE made up KZT15.3 trln

/KASE, August 10, 2023/ – In January-July 2023, the volume of trading in the foreign currencies spot market of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) made up KZT15,336.1 bn increasing by 57.2 % YoY. Compared with the preceding seven-month period (June-December) of 2022 the trading volume decreased by 10.2 %. Below is the table of indicators of KASE's foreign currency spot market in 2023 with a 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 USD/CNY EUR/CNY bn KZT ----------- -------- ------- --------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- 2023, I 2,411.6 22.3 13,478.1 954.1 298.5 0.0 0.0 1,715.2 2023, II 3,055.3 93.1 27,401.1 1,088.7 737.7 0.0 0.0 2,168.7 2023, III 3,417.8 78.8 17,908.2 18.3 286.5 44.2 0.0 1,728.7 2023, IV 3,457.1 85.3 19,761.7 1,675.8 86.2 63.5 0.0 2,583.4 2023, V 3,224.5 60.6 23,073.0 356.6 94.2 89.6 0.0 1,817.0 2023, VI 2,799.9 85.9 29,552.4 1,498.5 288.0 232.6 0.0 2,314.1 2023, VII 3,191.3 103.7 22,439.0 2,474.5 733.4 369.2 0.0 3,009.0 ----------- -------- ------- --------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- Grand total 21,557.6 529.7 153,613.4 8,066.5 2,524.5 799.2 0.0 15,336.1 ----------- -------- ------- --------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------- 2022, I-VII 18,494.8 183.9 132,640.9 97.0 4,485.9 0.0 0.0 9,757.6 trend, % +16.6 +188.1 +15.8 +8,215.9 -43.7 х х +57.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The weighted average KZT/USD exchange rate calculated on all exchange deals for the period from January 5, 2023 to July 31, 2023, made KZT450.21 per US dollar. [2023-08-10]