OREANDA-NEWS. Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in accordance with its internal document "Methodology of Securities Liquidity Indicators Defining" (Methodology) composed lists of shares of the first, second and third classes of liquidity for October– November 2016 out of shares admitted to circulation on KASE. The lists were approved by the September 23, 2016 decision of the Committee on Indices and Securities Valuation and had been composed for the purpose of applying of regulations of KASE internal documents "Regulations of Trades and the Confirmation System Operation" and "Regulations on Market-Makers" to shares contained therein.

Below is the list of shares of the first class of liquidity, effective from October 1 to November 30, 2016 (securities' titles are indicated in the descending order of their liquidity):

1) common shares KZ1C34930012 (KZ1C00000959, KASE official list, first  category, KEGC) of Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company  "KEGOC" (Astana);

2) common shares KZ1C29950017 (KZ1C00000744, KASE official list, first  category, KZTO) of KazTransOil;

3) common shares KZ1C29950017 (KZ1C00000744, KASE official list,  second category, AKZM) of Aktobe Metalware Plant;

4) preferred shares KZ1P51460114 (KZ000A0RMTC3, KASE official list, first  category, RDGZp) of KazMunaiGas Exploration Production;

5) common shares GB00B0HZPV38 (KASE official list, second category,  GB_KZMS) of KAZ Minerals PLC;

6) common shares KZ1C33870011 (KZ000A0LE0S4, KASE official list, first  category, HSBK) of Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan;

7) common shares KZ1C59680013 (KZ1C00001015, KASE official list,  second category, BAST) of BAST;

8) common shares KZ1C12280018 (KZ0009093241, KASE official list, first  category, KZTK) of Kazakhtelecom;

9) common shares KZ1C59150017 (KZ1C00000876, KASE official list, first  category, KCEL) of Kcell;

10) common shares RU0007661625 (KASE official list, second category,  RU_GAZP) of Gazprom;

11) common shares US0605051046 (KASE official list, second category,  US_BAC_) of Bank of America Corporation;

12) common shares RU0009029540 (KASE official list, first category,  RU_SBER) of OJSC Sberbank;

13) common shares KZ1C51460018 (KZ000A0KEZQ2, KASE official list, first  category, RDGZ) of KazMunaiGas Exploration Production;

14) common shares RU0008943394 (KASE official list, second category,  RU_RTKM) of Rostelecom;

15) common shares KZ1C36280010 (KZ0007786572, KASE official list, second  category, CCBN) of Bank CenterCredit

16) common shares KZ1C59700019 (unlisted securities, LCAP) of L-CAPITAL;

17) preferred shares KZ1P00400112 (KZ0005416453, KASE official list,  second category, KKGBp) of Kazkommertsbank";

18) common shares RU0009062285 (KASE official list, second category,  RU_AFLT) of Aeroflot – Russian Arlines;

19) preferred shares KZ1P12280114 (KZ0009094645, KASE official list, first  category, KZTKp) of Kazakhtelecom.

Compared with the current list of shares of the first liquidity class which was composed for August–September 2016, the list of shares of the first liquidity class for October–November 2016 no longer features the ordinary shares KZ1C00400016 (KZ000A0JC858, KKGB) of Kazkommertsbank and includes:

- common shares KZ1C29950017 (KZ1C00000744, KASE official list, second  category, AKZM) of Aktobe Metalware Plant;

- preferred shares KZ1P00400112 (KZ0005416453, KASE official list, second  category, KKGBp) of Kazkommertsbank";

- preferred shares KZ1P12280114 (KZ0009094645, KASE official list, first  category, KZTKp) of Kazakhtelecom;

- common shares RU0009062285 (KASE official list, second category,  RU_AFLT) of Aeroflot - Russian Arlines;

- common shares RU0007661625 (KASE official list, second category,  RU_GAZP) of Gazprom;

- common shares RU0008943394 (KASE official list, second category,  RU_RTKM) of Rostelecom.

Trades in shares of the second and third classes of liquidity are held on KASE on working days – from 03:00 p.m. to 05:00 p.m. (Almaty time) by the method of uninterrupted counter-directed auction and are switched to standby- mode in case of matching or crossing of bids and asks, if the price of a proposed deal deviates from the last transaction price of such shares by 5 %.

For market-makers of illiquid shares of the second and third classes of liquidity in accordance with the Regulations on Market-Makers the maximum values of spreads between the best mandatory quotations for securities are set at 5 %.