🔼The tenge has strengthened by 18% since the beginning of the year: how the foreign exchange market changed in 2026 Freedom Life LIC specialists studied, how world currencies changed in 2026 and what happened from tenge over the past five years. By the end of September, the Chinese yuan and the South Korean won were among the currencies that had noticeably strengthened against the dollar. At the same time, the Indian and Indonesian rupiah lost more than 6% of their value. Currency dynamics were influenced by central bank decisions, interest rates, commodity prices and foreign capital movements.