(Almaty/Vienna) The Vienna Stock Exchange has acquired a new index cooperation partner with the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). Starting today, the Vienna Stock Exchange will calculate the index KTX Local. The contract was signed at the end of last year by both exchanges. The index is composed of the eight most actively traded companies and will be calculated and disseminated daily in real time by the Vienna Stock Exchange.
Kadyrzhan Damitov, President of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, commented: "We are very pleased to partner with the Vienna Stock Exchange and we hope to contribute to the growth of interest from European investors in the Kazakhstan stock market through the Kazakhstan Traded Index Local."
With this new index, the Vienna Stock Exchange underpins its international index competence and enlarges its network of stock exchange cooperation partners. The Vienna Stock Exchange now has 88 indices of which 66 track national, regional and sector trends in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Michael Buhl, Member of the Management Board of Wiener Börse AG and of the CEE Stock Exchange Group stated: "Closer cooperation is important for regional stock markets today. I am happy that we are able to make our many years of experience in creating indices and our knowhow available to our new partner."
According to the calculation standards of the Vienna Stock Exchange, index members are capitalization-weighted and the composition is reviewed regularly and adjusted as necessary by the index committee. The index is computed in EUR and USD, with the starting value being fixed at 1,000 index points as of 4 January 2012.
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About the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange
The Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) is the only exchange in Kazakhstan that serves the financial market there. It provides a universal floor with trading in repo market instruments, foreign currencies (EUR, RUB, USD), government and corporate securities of Kazakhstan and foreign issuers, and the bonds of international financial organizations. KASE is the operator of the special trading floor of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty.
About the Vienna Stock Exchange
The Vienna Stock Exchange is a 100% subsidiary of the CEE Stock Exchange Group (CEESEG) which comprises the stock exchanges of Budapest, Ljubljana and Prague. The CEE Stock Exchange Group is the largest stock exchange group in the region. CEESEG makes access and trading on the local markets easier with the aim of improving liquidity. The CEESEG stock exchanges cooperate with 12 other exchanges in Central and Eastern Europe and enjoy international recognition for this unique CEE know-how.
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