Stock Market Simulator: trading volume on April 17–21 made up KZT2,309.8 mln

24.04.17 17:17
/KASE, April 24, 2017/ – As previously reported, from March 29 to April 26, 2017 Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in association with Information agency of financial markets "IRBIS" is conducting a training competition called "Stock Market Simulator". Ring the fourth week of the competition (April 17–21) the volume of trading made up KZT2,309.8 mln. The daily average volume of transactions during said period exceeded KZT461 mln, which is by KZT219 mln higher than previous week (April 10–14). Below are data on all deals concluded, by instrument, during period Aril 17–21, 2017: ------------------------------ Ticker Qty of deals Mln tenge ------- ------------ --------- BAST 566 506.1 KZTO 430 344.0 RU_SBER 464 317.8 GB_KZMS 403 294.0 KEGC 285 239.4 RDGZp 260 194.7 US_BAC_ 198 133.6 HSBK 379 105.8 AKZM 200 70.8 KCEL 168 48.2 KZTK 103 20.8 CCBN 149 19.1 RDGZ 97 15.6 ------- ------------ --------- Total 3,702 2,309.8 ------------------------------ The maximum quantity and maximum volume of deals concluded by one participant, – 151 and 184.7 mln tenge, respectively. Currently, around 1,500 students from over 70 universities registered with the project "Stock Market Simulator". The project aims at increasing the financial literacy of young specialists and their acquiring of practical skill of operating on the stock market. Students can trade in the most liquid securities of Kazakhstan's market, whose most part is included in KASE Index. Each participant at the beginning of trading is provided with a KZT1 mln-worth portfolio. Student's main goal is to compose the best portfolio which will determine the competition's winner. This competition is held by KASE group of companies since 2008. More details are available at http://www.fininfo.kz/simulator/ [2017-04-24]