Kazakhstan’s ITS reports nearly $1 billion in trade volume

The volume of trade in stocks and deposit receipts on the International Trading System (ITS) in Astana hit a historic high of $806 million in February, marking a 20.3% increase from $670 million in January, the platform said in a statement.

«The trade volume at ITS continues to grow as the number of investors joining the platform — following trends in the global stock market — also increases,» the ITS press service emphasized.

According to the platform, the surge in trade volume is driven by soaring demand for new instruments, particularly ETF shares. This demand is especially high for tools based on ITS indexes.

The top ten most popular shares traded on ITS include Freedom Holding Corp., NVIDIA Corporation, Coinbase Global, Tesla, Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares, CleanSpark Inc., SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF, ProShares UltraPro QQQ, Alibaba Group Holding Limited ADR, and Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares.

At the end of February, the platform provided investors with access to more than 3,000 shares, deposit receipts and ETFs initially listed on the NYSE, Nasdaq (U.S.) and the Astana International Exchange.

This year, ITS aims to ramp up daily trade volume to $100 million (approximately $3 billion per month). In November 2024, the platform’s monthly trade volume was $66 million. At that time, ITS needed to increase its growth by 45.5 times to reach its target. In late February 2025, it was expected to achieve a fourfold growth to hit this goal.