TRADING IN QUARTERLY FUTURES OPENS ON KASE FROM JANUARY 5

23.12.22 11:09
/KASE, December 23, 2022/ – Following a decision of the Management Board of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), from January 5, 2023, trading in quarterly non-deliverable futures for common shares of Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, common shares of NAC "Kazatomprom" JSC, KASE Index, the exchange rate of the US dollar against the tenge and the exchange rate of the Russian ruble against the tenge opens on KASE. According to the specifications of these futures: - trades in futures contracts are opened for four terms of circulation; - at the end of the circulation of the futures contract with the nearest maturity, trades are opened with the farthest maturity of such a contract; - the day of commencement of circulation of futures contracts is the fifth day of the month falling at the beginning of the quarter: January, April, July and October; - the last trading day for futures contracts is the third Thursday of the month that falls at the end of the quarter: March, June, September and December (if the third Thursday of the month falling at the end of the quarter falls at a holiday or weekend, the last trading day is the last trading day preceding the third Thursday of that month). In this regard, from the specified date trading on KASE in all futures contracts that are currently traded in the SPECTRA trading and clearing system will be terminated. Thus, from January 5, 2023, trading in the following futures contracts will be available on KASE: ------------------------------------------------- Item No. Trading end Code Trading start (execution day) -------- ---------- ------------- --------------- Futures on common shares of Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC -------- ---------- ------------- --------------- 1 HSBK_3.23 05.01.23 16.03.23 2 HSBK-6.23 05.01.23 15.06.23 3 HSBK-9.23 05.01.23 21.09.23 4 HSBK-12.23 05.01.23 21.12.23 ------------------------------------------------- Futures on common shares of NAC "Kazatomprom" JSC ------------------------------------------------- 5 KZAP_3.23 05.01.23 16.03.23 6 KZAP-6.23 05.01.23 15.06.23 7 KZAP-9.23 05.01.23 21.09.23 8 KZAP-12.23 05.01.23 21.12.23 ------------------------------------------------- Futures on KASE Index ------------------------------------------------- 9 KX_3.23 05.01.23 16.03.23 10 KX-6.23 05.01.23 15.06.23 11 KX-9.23 05.01.23 21.09.23 12 KX-12.23 05.01.23 21.12.23 ------------------------------------------------- Futures on the US dollar to tenge exchange rate ------------------------------------------------- 13 US_3.23 05.01.23 16.03.23 14 US-6.23 05.01.23 15.06.23 15 US-9.23 05.01.23 21.09.23 16 US-12.23 05.01.23 21.12.23 -------- ---------- ------------- --------------- Futures for the ruble to tenge exchange rate ------------------------------------------------- 17 RU_3.23 05.01.23 16.03.23 18 RU_6.23 05.01.23 15.06.23 19 RU_9.23 05.01.23 21.09.23 20 RU-12.23 05.01.23 21.12.23 ------------------------------------------------- From January 5, 2023, the respective amendments to the internal documents of KASE come into effect : - changes and addition No. 2 to the Specification of the futures for the foreign exchange against tenge rate; - changes and addition No. 1 to the Specification of the futures for shares of Kazakh issuers; - changes and addition No. 1 to the Specification of the futures on KASE Index. KASE reminds you that at present trades in derivative financial instruments are held on KASE on business days from 10:00 to 17:30 Astana time, the clearing session for these trades is from 20:30 to 21:00 Astana time. Clearing participants of KASE's derivatives market, the list of which is published on KASE website at http://kase.kz/en/clearing/members/, can participate in exchange trades in derivative financial instruments. The results of trading in futures on KASE are published at http://kase.kz/en/futures/ Internal documents regulating the operation of KASE's derivatives market are published at http://kase.kz/en/kase_rules/ ("Trades" tab). [2022-12-23]