OREANDA-NEWS. June 16, 2011. From June 15, 2011 on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)  opens trading in the following futures contracts:

- cash-settled USD/KZT futures due December 2011;

- cash-settled KASE Index value futures due December 2011.

In KASE trading system these six-moth contracts will feature under abbreviations (trading codes) F_USDKZT1112 and F_INKASE1112 accordingly.

Following a decision of KASE Risk Committee, the settlement price has been set at KZT146.78 for USD1 for F_USDKZT1112, and 1,584.0 points for F_INKASE1112.

We remind you that beginning from June 15, 2011 futures F_USDKZT1109 and  F_INKASE1109 transform into three-month futures contracts.

The final trading day for futures F_USDKZT1109 and F_INKASE1109 is September 14,  2011, for F_USDKZT1112 and F_INKASE1112 - December 14, 2011.

Futures contracts trading is held at 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).