March 10, KASE Index gains 1.15 % to 1,823.33
/KASE, March 10, 10/ - By shares trading results on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange
(KASE) on March 10, 2010, KASE index gained 20.68 points (1.15 %) from
1,802.65 to 1,823.33.

The first deal fixed index at 1,802.65. During trades the maximum value made up
1,823.33, the minimum - 1,796.97.

Volume of deals in shares, included to the index representative list, on March 10
against the previous trading day in tenge increased by1.9 times and made up
KZT152.3 m (USD1,033.8 th.).

KASE Index calculation basis according to trade results   
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                   Last price,
               tenge per share
         ---------------------
         ----------  ---------  Change  Weight
Ticker   Mar 10, 10  Mar 9, 10       %       %
-------  ----------  ---------  ------  ------
CCBN         719.00     717.02    +0.3    11.5
GB_ENRC    2,420.00   2,360.00    +2.5    16.5
GB_KZMS    3,300.00   3,223.00    +2.4    16.1
HSBK         388.00     382.00    +1.6    16.7
KKGB         621.50     600.00    +3.6    12.0
KZTK      17,016.00  17,300.01    -1.6    13.7
RDGZ      21,005.00  21,200.00    -0.9    13.5
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KASE Index change (before 01.10.07 - KASE_Shares)
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                                                       Change:
                                                --------------
                                                ------  ------
Period                                               %  % APR*
----------------------------------------------  ------  ------
Last 30 days (month)                              +0.6    +8.3
From beginning of current year (from 01.01.10)    +3.1   +16.7
Last 365 days (year)                            +202.1  +202.1
In 2009                                          +95.7   +95.7
From the beginning of 2008                       -30.9   -14.1
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* Yield is calculated on the basis actual/365.

The last KASE Index value on any day is the last index value fixed on KASE on
this day.

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's 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.

KASE Index page is available at the KASE website at
http://www.kase.kz/en/index_kase

The text of the Methodology for Stock Market Indicators Calculation is available
at http://www.kase.kz/files/normative_base/indicators_met_eng.pdf

The full list of tickers is available at http://www.kase.kz/en/emitters

[2010-03-10]