As of December 19 trading in futures with execution in June 2018 opens on KASE

19.12.18 12:08
/KASE, December 19, 2018/ – As of December 19, 2018 trading in the following futures with execution in June 2018 opens on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE): - USD/KZT-rate futures; - KASE Index futures; - futures for ordinary shares GB00B0HZPV38 (KASE official list, main market, category "standard", GB_KZMS) KAZ Minerals PLC (London); - futures for ordinary shares KZ1C33870011 (KZ000A0LE0S4, KASE official list, main market, category "premium", HSBK) of Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan (Almaty); - futures for ordinary shares KZ1C59150017 (KZ1C00000876, KASE official list, main market, category "premium", KCEL) of Kcell (Almaty); - futures for ordinary shares KZ1C29950017 (KZ1C00000744, KASE official list, main market, category "premium", KZTO) of KazTransOil (Astana). In KASE trading system these six-month contracts were assigned abbreviations (tickers) F_USDKZT1906, F_INKASE1906, F_GB_KZMS1906, F_HSBK1906, F_KCEL1906 and F_KZTO1906, respectively. By the decision of KASE's Committee on Indices and Securities Valuation the above-mentioned futures were assigned initial theoretical prices, which were released in KASE trading system. Let us remind that as of December 19, 2018, futures F_USDKZT1903, F_INKASE1903, F_GB_KZMS1903, F_HSBK1903, F_KCEL1903 and F_KZTO1903 will become three-month futures with last trading day on March 14, 2019. The last day of trading in the six-month futures is June 14, 2019. Trading in financial instruments is held on KASE on business days from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm (ALT), the ensuing clearing session – from 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm (ALT). Clearing members of KASE derivatives market entitled to take part in the exchange trading in derivative financial instruments are listed on KASE website, at https://kase.kz/en/clearing/members/ Results of trading in futures are released on KASE website at https://kase.kz/en/futures/ Texts of the Exchange's internal documents regulating the procedure of operation of KASE's derivative market are available at http://www.kase.kz/en/rules_kase (tab "Trades"). [2018-12-19]