OREANDA-NEWS.  By shares trading results on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on December 18, 2014, KASE index decreased by 84.91 points (9.19 %) from 924.09 to 839.18.

The first deal fixed the index at 922.52. During the trades the maximum value made up 922.52, the minimum – 831.47.

Volume of deals in shares included in the KASE index representative list, on December 18 against the previous trading day increased 1.7 times and made up KZT75.0 mln (USD412.1 th.).

The KASE Index shows a change in prices of the index representative list stocks for calculation of the index, with account to capitalization of such issuers and a number of such stocks in free float. One stock weight must not exceed 15 %. The KASE Index is calculated during a trading day as deals in the representative list stocks are concluded. If during a trading day no deals are made in a representative list stock, then for purposes of such calculation results of the last resultant trade session are used.