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/KASE, August 3, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that due to technical reasons, the start of trades in the SPECTRA trading and clearing system has been postponed from 10:00 to 11:00 Almaty time (ALT). The change in the start time of trades is due to a technical failure in the core of the trading system. KASE apologizes to market participants for the inconvenience caused. [2026-08-03]
/KASE, July 31, 2026, June 26, 2026 news repeat/ – By the decision of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated June 24, 2026, Amendments and Supplements No. 24 (the amendments) to KASE's internal document "Regulations on Membership Fees, Exchange and Clearing Fees, and Collateral Accounting Fees" were approved and will come into effect on August 1, 2026. The amendments have been introduced to define the list and rates of fees for the provision of KASE's collocation services, as well as services for issuing registration certificates to the eTransfer.kz, ASTS+ Trading and Clearing System, and is2in systems, and providing access to the eTransfer.kz system. The updated text of the Regulations will be published on KASE website at (the "Membership" tab). [2026-07-31]
/KASE, July 31, 2026, June 26, 2026 news repeat/ – By the decision of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated June 24, 2026, a new edition of KASE's internal document "Rules for Providing Services for Issuing Registration Certificates to eTransfer.kz, ASTS+ Trading and Clearing System, and is2in, and Providing Access to eTransfer.kz" (the Rules) was approved and will come into effect on August 1, 2026. The new edition of the Rules has been developed to update the text of the document and provides for the following: - the procedure for providing services for issuing registration certificates to the eTransfer.kz, ASTS+ trading and clearing system, and is2in systems, as well as providing access to the eTransfer.kz system, has been defined; - adhesion agreement forms have been excluded (in order to optimize processes, the provision of the aforementioned services to KASE members will be incorporated into the membership agreements concluded between KASE and its members); - the term "services for granting the right to use the eTransfer.kz system" has been amended to "services for providing access to the eTransfer.kz system". Effective August 1, 2026, the current edition of the Rules shall be declared invalid. The new edition of the Rules has been published on KASE website at [2026-07-31]
/KASE, July 31, 2026, July 13, 2026 news repeat/ – Decision of the Management Board of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated June 30, 2026, approved amendments No. 28 to the KASE's internal document Rules of Market Maker Operations (Rules), which come into effect on August 1, 2026. The amendments establish for market makers of securities, including ETFs, included in the KASE Global sector: - from 11:30 to 17:30, the maximum spread value is 0.9%, timeout time is 142 minutes; - from 17:31 to 22:00, the maximum spread value is 0.5%, timeout time is 50 minutes. In addition, the mechanism for applying liability measures to market makers of securities in the KASE Global sector has been clarified. The updated text of the Rules will be published on the KASE's website at ("Trades" tab – "Market makers"). [2026-07-31]
/KASE, July 30, 2026/ – By the decision of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated July 29, 2026, the quantitative composition of KASE's Management Board was set at six people. Natalya Khoroshevskaya was elected Deputy Chairperson of KASE Management Board as of August 1, 2026 (with a term of office until July 1, 2029). Taking into account this decision, KASE's Management Board consists of: 1) A. Mukhamejanov, Chairman of the Management Board; 2) D. Amanzholova, Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board; 3) M. Grishko, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board; 4) A. Iskakova, Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board; 5) Zh. Sarzhakov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board; 6) N. Khoroshevskaya, Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board. [2026-07-30]
/KASE, July 23, 2026/ – Decision of the Management Board of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated July 23, 2026, approved the new version of the List of stock exchanges recognized by Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC (the List), which will come into effect on July 23, 2026. The List has been updated to ensure its compliance with the KASE's internal document "Listing Rules" for inclusion into the KASE's official list to the "Private Placement" board under the simplified procedure of the securities subject to private placement, which are on the official list of a stock exchange included in the List. The new version of the List will be published on the KASE's website at ("Listing" tab). [2026-07-23]
/KASE, July 14, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (hereinafter, KASE) reports the main results of its operations in the first half of 2026. - The total volume of trading on KASE amounted to 261.9 trln KZT and increased by 48.8% or 85.9 trln KZT compared to the same period in 2025. - Since the beginning of the year, KASE Index value has grown by 9.7% to 7,712.53 points. - Since the beginning of the year, the stock market capitalization has grown by 21.9% or 8.6 trln KZT to 47.6 trln KZT, the volume of traded corporate debt has grown by 3.3% to 16.8 trln KZT. - Since the start of 2026, 29 new issuers underwent the listing procedure: one in the stock sector, nine in the KASE Global sector and 19 in the corporate bonds sector. - As of July 1, 2026, KASE's trading lists contained 1,015 items of non- government securities from 306 issuers. Detailed information including indicators of the securities, foreign exchange, money and derivatives markets, as well as an overview of key projects and events, is presented in the KASE's press release. Press release in Kazakh Press release in Russian Press release in English [2026-07-14]
/KASE, July 13, 2026/ – Decision of the Management Board of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated June 30, 2026, approved amendments No. 28 to the KASE's internal document Rules of Market Maker Operations (Rules), which come into effect on August 1, 2026. The amendments establish for market makers of securities, including ETFs, included in the KASE Global sector: - from 11:30 to 17:30, the maximum spread value is 0.9%, timeout time is 142 minutes; - from 17:31 to 22:00, the maximum spread value is 0.5%, timeout time is 50 minutes. In addition, the mechanism for applying liability measures to market makers of securities in the KASE Global sector has been clarified. The updated text of the Rules will be published on the KASE's website at ("Trades" tab – "Market makers"). [2026-07-13]
/KASE, July 10, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) notifies that on July 14, 2026, at 11:00 it will hold a media briefing on performance of the Kazakhstan's stock market for the first half of 2026 where it will present information on dynamics and trends of the Kazakhstan's stock market as well as on activities of KASE and the KASE Clearing Centre (KACC) during the reporting period. Speakers at the event: - Adil Mukhamejanov, Chairperson of KASE's Management Board; - Natalia Khoroshevskaya, Chairperson of KACC's Management Board. To participate in the press conference, media representatives must obtain accreditation via email pr@kase.kz. The event will take place at Almaty, 280 Baizakov St., North Tower of the Almaty Towers Multifunctional Complex, 1st Floor, KASE Press Room, and will also be available online. KASE's regular meetings with journalists are part of its information policy of transparency and openness. [2026-07-10]
/KASE, July 8, 2026/ – Decision of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated July 3, 2026, approved a new KASE's internal document "Rules for activities of operator of digital financial assets platform, operator of digital asset trading platform, organization for storing underlying asset of digital financial assets” (the Rules) that will come into effect from July 15, 2026. The Rules define the procedure for services provided by KASE in the field of digital assets. The rules are published on the KASE website at [2026-07-08]