OREANDA-NEWS. In the period from January–March 2015 the volume of foreign currencies traded on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swaps transactions, made up KZT23,920.4 bn (equivalent to USD129,558.2 m) increasing 2.9 times against the similar period of last year (2.7  times in dollar terms).

If compared to the previous three-month period (October–December 2014) the volume traded increased by 89.8 % (86.8 % in dollar terms).

The table below shows indicators of KASE currency market in 2015 with a breakdown by month, currency and deal type and comparative data of 2014.

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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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2015, I        4,685.2    1.7    0  1,954.8     1.4  44,103.6       0  8,978.8  48,820.7
2015, II    5,538.6    1.5    0  2,939.0     3.3  47,582.0       0  9,832.6  53,168.5
2015, III   3,380.1    1.5    0  1,233.0     3.7  24,166.2       0  5,109.0  27,569.0
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Total       13,603.8    4.7    0  6,126.8     8.4 115,851.8       0 23,920.4 129,558.2
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2014, I-III24,778.6    4.0    0    931.7    –   22,729.2   325.0  8,212.8  47,986.7
trend, %      -45.1  +16.3    X   +557.6    X     +409.7  -100.0   +191.3     +170.0
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The weighted average KZT/USD rate calculated on all deals in the morning (main) trading session in the period from January 5, 2015 to March 31, 2015, made up KZT184.61 per US dollar, on all exchange-based deals – KZT184.63 per US dollar.

The tenge devalued against the US dollar at the rate of 7.54 % APR in terms of the weighted average market rate. During the first three months of 2015 the tenge devalued at 1.81 % to the US dollar in nominal terms.

In 2014 the tenge devalued at 18.36 % to the US dollar in nominal terms.

In 2013 the tenge devalued at 2.20 % to the US dollar in nominal terms.