Shares of Kazakh banks Kaspi Bank and Halyk Bank on the London Stock Exchange against the background of protests in the republic fell on Wednesday by 25.1% and 17.7%, respectively.
According to TASS, Kaspi Bank shares are quoted at $ 88.3 per share, which is $ 28.2 lower than at the close of trading on Tuesday. In turn, the cost of Halyk Bank’s quotes fell by three dollars – to $ 13.8 per share. In addition, shares of the Kazakh company Kazatomprom, which is engaged in the extraction of natural uranium, fell by 8.8%.
The riots in Kazakhstan began in early January of the new year and do not stop until now. Protesters storm administrative buildings and clash with security forces. The government was dismissed.
The reason was a sharp rise in prices for liquefied gas, however, despite the decision of the authorities to lower the price in response to the protests, the rallies did not stop. Dissatisfied citizens are demanding a change of government.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev introduced state of emergency in Alma-Ata and the regions, assumed the duties of the chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan instead of Nursultan Nazarbayev and said that the riots were the result of a conspiracy.
The head of the radio station “Echo of Moscow” Alexei Venediktov, referring to his sources in the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that Nazarbayev could fly out of the country “for treatment.”
Source: Rosbalt
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