OREANDA-NEWS. From March 16, 2015 trading in the following futures contracts opens on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) with execution in September 2015:

- USD/KZT exchange rate futures;

- KASE Index value futures;

- futures on common shares GB00B0HZPV38 (KASE official list, second category, GB_KZMS) of KAZ Minerals PLC (London);

- futures on common shares KZ1C33870011 (KZ000A0LE0S4, KASE official list, first category, HSBK) of JSC "Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan" (Almaty);

- futures on common shares KZ1C59150017 (KZ1C00000876, KASE official list, first category, KCEL) of JSC "Kcell" (Almaty);

- futures on common shares KZ1C29950017 (KZ1C00000744, KASE official list, first category, KZTO) of JSC "KazTransOil" (Astana);

- futures on common shares KZ1C51460018 (KZ000A0KEZQ2, KASE official list, first category, RDGZ) of JSC "KazMunaiGas Exploration Production" (Astana).

In KASE trading system these six-month contracts will feature under abbreviations (trading codes) F_USDKZT1509, F_INKASE1509, F_GB_KZMS1509, F_HSBK1509, F_KCEL1509, F_KZTO1509 and F_RDGZ1509 accordingly.

Following a decision of KASE Committee on Indices and Securities Valuation the above-mentioned futures were assigned the following initial theoretical prices:

F_USDKZT1509 – KZT193.56 per US dollar;

F_INKASE1509 – 832.05 points;

F_GB_KZMS1509 – KZT641.61 per share;

F_HSBK1509 – KZT31.92 per share;

F_KCEL1509 – KZT1,548.67 per share;

F_KZTO1509 – KZT762.02 per share;

F_RDGZ1509 – KZT13,375.95 per share.

We remind you that as of March 16, 2015 futures F_USDKZT1506, F_INKASE1506, F_GB_KZMS1506, F_HSBK1506, F_KCEL1506, F_KZTO1506 and F_RDGZ1506 transform into three-month futures contracts, with the last trading day falling on June 12, 2015.

The last day of trading in six-month futures is September 14, 2015.

Trading in derivative financial instruments is held on KASE on business days from 10:00 o'clock to 15:30 o'clock (Almaty time), the ensuing clearing session – from 15:30 o'clock to 16:00 o'clock (Almaty time).