/KASE, December 31, 2024/ – The Management Board of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange
(KASE) has decided that trading in futures for securities of exchange-traded
investment funds will commence on January 5, 2025.
As stated in the specifications for these futures:
- the initiation of a futures contract begins on the fifth day of the month that
marks the start of a quarter: January, April, July, and October;
- the final day for trading a futures contract is the third Thursday of the month
that concludes a quarter: March, June, September, and December;
- trading for a futures contract is available for four circulation periods;
- the execution of a futures contract occurs on the last day of its trading
period.
The specification also establishes that if it is impossible to determine the current
settlement price of the relevant exchange-traded fund, including in the event of
suspension/termination of determining such a price, KASE's Management Board
has the right to make one or more of the following decisions: to change the date
of the last day of circulation of the futures contract; to change the date of the day
of execution of the futures contract; to change the current (last) settlement price
and/or determine the procedure for calculating and transferring the variation
margin.
From January 5, 2025, trading in the following futures contracts on securities of
exchange-traded funds will be available on KASE:
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Item No. Trade Trade end
Code start (execution day)
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Futures for SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST
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1 US_SPY_-3.25 05.01.25 20.03.25
2 US_SPY_-6.25 05.01.25 19.06.25
3 US_SPY_-9.25 05.01.25 18.09.25
4 US_SPY_-12.25 05.01.25 18.12.25
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Futures for SPDR Gold Shares ETF
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5 US_GLD_-3.25 05.01.25 20.03.25
6 US_GLD_-6.25 05.01.25 19.06.25
7 US_GLD_-9.25 05.01.25 18.09.25
8 US_GLD_-12.25 05.01.25 18.12.25
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Futures for Nasdaq-100 Index ETF
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9 QQQ_KZ-3.25 05.01.25 20.03.25
10 QQQ_KZ-6.25 05.01.25 19.06.25
11 QQQ_KZ-9.25 05.01.25 18.09.25
12 QQQ_KZ-12.25 05.01.25 18.12.25
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Futures for SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
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13 US_BIL_-3.25 05.01.25 20.03.25
14 US_BIL_-6.25 05.01.25 19.06.25
15 US_BIL_-9.25 05.01.25 18.09.25
16 US_BIL_-10.25 05.01.25 18.12.25
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By a decision of KASE's Management Board dated December 25, 2024, a new
internal KASE document "Specification of Futures Contracts on Securities of
Exchange-Traded Funds" was approved, which will come into effect on January
5, 2025.
KASE reminds you that currently trading in derivative financial instruments is held
on KASE on working days from 10:00 to 17:30 o'clock, Astana time, the clearing
session for these trades – from 20:30 to 21:00 o'clock, Astana time.
Clearing participants of KASE's derivatives market, the list of which is published
on KASE's website at
http://kase.kz/en/clearing/members/ can participate in the
exchange trading in derivatives.
The results of trading in futures on KASE are published at
http://kase.kz/en/futures/
The internal documents governing the procedure for operation of KASE's
derivatives market are available at
http://kase.kz/en/kase_rules/ ("Trades" tab).
[2024-12-31]