Trades on KASE on July 2 - 8, 2008

/KASE, July 1, 08/ - Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) informs that due to a Kazakhstan state holiday (Capital Day) observed on July 6 and shift of the day off to the following working day July 7, and due to a US holiday (Independence Day) observed on July 4, in accordance with the Exchange internal document "Regulations on Trades and Confirmation System Operation", trades on KASE in the period from July 2 through July 8, 2008 will be held in the following order: July 2: - trades in USD_TOD, EUR_TOD, RUB_TOD, EUR_TOM, USD_TOM, and securities and repo market instruments will be held on KASE in the standard mode; - trades in USD_SPT on KASE will not be held due to US holiday - July 4; July 3: - trades in USD_TOD, EUR_TOD, RUB_TOD, EUR_TOM, and securities and repo market instruments will be held on KASE in the standard mode; - trades in USD_SPT will be held on KASE in the standard mode, however settlements thereon in tenge and USD will be made on July 8; - trades in USD_TOM will not be held on KASE; July 4: - trades in USD_TOD will not be held on KASE; - trades in EUR_TOD, RUB_TOD, EUR_TOM, USD_SPT, and securities and repo market instruments will be held on KASE in the standard mode; - trades in USD_TOM will be held on KASE within the frameworks of the morning (main) session from 10:15 through 11:00 ALT and within the frameworks of the unified additional session (from 11:30 through 17:00 ALT); settlements thereon will be held in tenge and USD on July 8; July 5, 6 and 7 are Kazakhstan days off and holidays, trades will not be held on KASE. Beginning July 8 KASE will resume trading in the standard mode. [2008-07-01]