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Following the results of the tenders of the shares at the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) on July 17, 2008 KASE index decreased by 6.30 items (0.3 %) - from 2426.03 up to 2419.73, the agency reports.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for July 18:

JSC Company Prod Corporation plans to purchase this year about 1 million tons of grain for commercial resources. The chairman of Prod Corporation, Ruslan Azimov, informed today at the session of the Ministry of Agriculture, the agency reports.

The Ministry of Agriculture developed amendments to the legislation concerning regulation of the grain market of the Republic. Director of Department of Agriculture and Fytosanitory Safety of the Ministry of Agriculture, Anna Buts, informed at session of the Ministry of Agriculture, the agency reports.

Following the results of fixing at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on July 17, value of KazPrime indicator increased by 2 items and made 6.82 % annual on KASE, the agency reports.

Kyrgyzstan will export 400 million kWh of electric power to Kazakhstan. The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Igor Chudinov, informed after the session of Chui regional state administration concerning the preliminary results of social and economic development for the first half of 2008 on Wednesday, the agency reports.

Average weighted rate of KZT on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) decreased by 0.09 KZT on Thursday against Wednesday and totaled KZT 120.14 per dollar.

Turkmenistan began realization of the Near-Caspian gas pipeline project, the agency reports referring to Asia Plus information agency.

Profitability of the National Fund last year made 9.92 %. The Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Bolat Zhamishev, said in the interview to the agency Kazakhstan Today on Wednesday.