OREANDA-NEWS. January 12, 2010. In 2009 foreign currencies trades volume on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), including currency swap transactions, made up KZT9,879.0 bn (USD67,725.7 m) and against 2008 dropped 40.9 % (51.2 % in USD), reported the press-centre of KASE.

Weighted average tenge to dollar rate, calculated on all deals of the KASE main (morning) trade session in January 3, 09-December 31, 09, made up KZT144.58 per dollar, on all exchange deals - KZT144.84 per dollar.

In 2009, tenge devalued to the dollar 22.91 % in nominal terms, in 2008 - 0.41 %.

We remind that that after the Exchange launched on December 29, 2008 the currency swap transaction KASE has been applying beginning January 1, 2009 when releasing its trade statistics two indicators - trade volume (this indicator is new and is showing the aggregate volume of deals) and exchange (calculation) turnover (this indicator is traditional and had been released before 2009). On the currency market these indicators may vary at opening and/or closing in the reporting period of currency swap transactions.

At execution of such transactions on the exchange market, the trade volume will include volumes of opening currency swap transactions (based on attracted sums). At calculation of exchange (calculation) turnover volumes of (in KZT;  with subsequent recalculation to dollars) all executed opening and closing transactions; at that only deals falling in the reporting period shall be accounted for.

KASE is applying this method for repo transactions trades statistics.

From 2010 KASE will publish only trades volumes, indicating the exchange (calculation) turnover value only in special reports.