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Kazakhstan’s official rate falls to 452.12 tenge for Saturday and holds through Monday

The National Bank set the official rate at 452.12 tenge to the dollar for Saturday 17 October, 2.02 below Friday’s 454.14, and the same figure stands for Sunday and Monday in the bank’s daily series. The euro went to 508.95 and the yuan to 67.62, with the rouble unchanged at 5.41.

By CAW Staff19 October 2026
Line chart of Kazakhstan's official tenge rate to the dollar from 9 to 19 October 2026, ending at 452.12.

Since 9 October the official rate has moved between 448.45 and 454.14, by the bank’s daily series: 448.94, 453.93 for the weekend of 10 to 12 October, 451.31, 448.45, 450.62, 454.14 and now 452.12. Friday’s 454.14 was the high of that stretch and Wednesday’s 448.45 the low.

Saturday’s 452.12 is the figure Kapital printed on Friday evening as the weighted average of the day’s exchange trading, the base from which the bank sets the next day’s official rate.

Since 9 October the official rate has moved between 448.45 and 454.14, by the bank’s daily series: 448.94, 453.93 for the weekend of 10 to 12 October, 451.31, 448.45, 450.62, 454.14 and now 452.12.

Monday's rate is Saturday's by the bank's weekend practice: Friday's trading sets the rate for Saturday, Sunday and Monday, as it did on 10 to 12 October. The bank had published no rate for Tuesday 20 October by 10:30 Moscow time.

Friday 23 October brings the bank’s next decision on the base rate.

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