In January–June 2016 the volume of foreign currencies traded on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swaps transactions, reached KZT19,326.3 bn (equivalent to USD55,182.2 mln) decreasing by 46.8 % against the same period of 2015 (by 71.9 % in dollar terms).

In comparison with the previous six-month period (July–December 2015) the volume of trades decreased by 35.3 % (by 52.6 % in dollar terms). 
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                                                                          Trades volume
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                                    spot-market, m    swap-market, m                     
Year       ----------------------------------------------------------- total,    total, 
month      USD/KZT EUR/KZT EUR/USD RUB/KZT CNY/KZT   USD/KZT EUR/KZT   bn KZT     m USD
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2016, I	    2,322.2   2.0        0 1,021.5   4.9    13,029.2	   0  5,650.0  15,367.4
2016, II    2,386.3   1.7      1.5 1,646.0   6.6     7,501.7	   0  3,566.5	9,913.8
2016, III   2,960.5   2.4      0.2 1,029.6   4.5     4,363.5	   0  2,529.8	7,342.2
2016, IV    2,758.0   1.7      0.4 1,517.3   8.0     5,580.0	   0  2,819.3	8,364.4
2016, I-V   2,503.2   1.6	 0   744.6   6.4     3,314.5	   0  1,943.2	5,831.8
2016, I-VI  2,662.6   2.7        0   867.8   5.0     5,683.1	   0  2,817.6	8,362.8
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Total	   15,592.6  12.1      2.1 6,826.8  35.3    39,472.0	   0 19,326.3  55,182.2
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2015,I-VI  27,668.1  10.4	 0 10,765.6 20.1   168,493.5	   0 36,335.4 196,361.0
trend, %      -43.6 +16.4	 x   -36.6 +75.4       -76.6	   x	-46.8  	  -71.9
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Weighted average KZT/USD rate calculated on all deals in the main (morning) trading session in the period from January 5 to June 30, made up KZT345.54 per US dollar, on all exchange-based deals – KZT345.26 per US dollar.