/CORRECTED/ On December 26 KASE Index increased by 14.5 % to 958.08

26.12.08 23:16
/KASE, December 26, 08, the previous news, dated December 26 is annulled due to index re-count/ - By the results of stock trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on December 26, 2008 KASE Index increased by 121.14 points (14.5 %) from 836.94 to 958.08. The first deal of the day locked in the index value on the level of 842.75. During the trades, maximal value of the index was registered at the level of 958.08, and minimal - 829.24. On December 26, the volume of deals with shares, included in the representative list of the index, increased in tenge terms by 1.6 times comparing with the previous day and made up KZT68.8 m. (USD569.8 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 December 26, 08 December 25, 08 % on index, % ------- --------------- --------------- --------- ----------- BTAS 38000.00 20900.00 +81.8 20.9 CCBN 575.00 478.50 +20.2 7.2 GB_KZMS 435.00 440.00 -1.1 11.0 HSBK 90.00 91.00 -1.1 7.9 KKGB 470.00 440.00 +6.8 17.9 KZTK 14500.00 13637.00 +6.3 12.1 RDGZ 9100.00 8900.00 +2.2 16.0 TEBN 5000.01 5000.01 0 6.8 ------------------------------------------------------------- Below is the table describing change in KASE Index (KASE_Shares index till October 1, 2007) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Change: --------------- Period % in % APR* --------------------------------------------------- ----- --------- For the last 30 days (month) +1.4 +16.8 From the start of this year (since January 1. 2008) -63.7 -64.6 For the last 365 days (one year) -62.1 -62.1 For year 2007 +9.1 +9.1 From the beginning of 2006 +48.2 +16.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 prices 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://beta.kase.kz/ru/index_kase The text of the Calculation method of exchange market indicators had been published at http://www.kase.kz/files/normative_base/indicators_met.pdf The full list of share symbols with names of their issuers is available at http://www.kase.kz/ru/emitters [2008-12-26]