On March 17 KASE index decreased by 1.9% to 2,691.62

17.03.08 21:11
/KASE, March 17, 08/ - By the results of stock trades on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) on March 17, 2008 KASE index decreased by 51.98 points (1.9%) from 2,743.60 to 2,691.62. The first deal of the day locked in the index value on the level of 2,747.19. During the trades, maximal value of the index was registered at the level of 2,769.75, and minimal - at 2,691.62. On March 17, the volume of deals with shares, included in the representative list of the index, decreased in tenge terms by 45.9% comparing to the previous day and made KZT196.2 m. (USD1,626.1 th.). Dynamics of the computation basis of KASE index by the trades results ----------------------------------------------------------- Last price, Share KZT per share Change Rate of trading ------------ ------------ in price, "influence" symbol March 17, 08 March 14, 08 % on index, % ------- ------------ ------------ --------- ----------- BTAS 75,500.00 75,400.00 +0.1 14.4 CCBN 1,741.00 1,755.00 -0.8 15.5 HSBK 506.01 532.00 -4.9 14.8 KKGB 950.00 985.00 -3.6 15.6 KKGBp 407.00 415.00 -1.9 3.9 KZTK 33,000.00 33,000.00 0 13.4 KZTKp 17,593.00 18,000.00 -2.3 0.7 RDGZ 19,001.00 19,500.01 -2.6 14.7 TEBN 7,000.00 7,000.01 -0.0001 6.3 TEBNp 2,700.00 2,750.00 -1.8 0.6 ----------------------------------------------------------- Below is the table, describing change in KASE index (KASE_Shares index till October 1, 2007) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Change: -------------- Period % % APR --------------------------------------------------- ------ ------ For the last 30 days (month) +1.3 +15.6 From the start of this year (since January 1, 2008) +2.1 +9.9 For the last 365 days (one year) +6.2 +6.2 For year 2007 +9.1 +9.1 From the beginning of 2006 +316.4 +143.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- * yield is calculated on actual/365 basis The last value of KASE index, stated on KASE on a day is used as the index value on that day. We remind that KASE index reflects the change in quotations of shares, included in its representative list taking into account the capitalization level of their issuers and the portion of shares that are in free float. At that, the influence of a price of one denomination share on the index value cannot exceed 15%. The index is calculated by KASE after conclusion of each deal. In case of absence of deals with shares of any denomination on the day of index calculation, the price of the last effective trades with the share of that denomination is used. The value of index is published in the real time mode at http://trades.kase.kz/ The text of the Calculation method of exchange market indicators had been published at http://www.kase.kz/geninfo/normbase/indicators_met.pdf The full list of share symbols with names of their issuers is available at http://www.kase.kz/instruments/nzb_code.htm [2008-03-17]