KASE Index Virtually Unchanged After July 24 Trading Session

The Kazakhstan Stock Exchange wrapped up its July 24 session with a marginal gain, as the KASE Index added 1.59 points, or 0.02%, to close at 7,672.54. The opening print came in at 7,673.38, with the intraday high reaching 7,700.68 and the low touching 7,664.23. Turnover in the index's representative basket of stocks dropped to 470.1 million tenge, nearly half the level recorded in the previous session. The combination of a near-flat index and shrinking volume points to cautious investor sentiment amid ongoing uncertainty in global markets.