HF Weekly - March 11, 2013

Weekly commentary
Stocks rise thanks to accommodative monetary policy

Economics
February inflation is revised down to 7.0%yoy

Banks
NBK chairman anticipates more medium-term funding for Kazakh banks

Oil and gas
KazTransOil upgraded on strong FY2012 financial results
Max Petroleum extends appraisal license, may resume deep drilling

Metals and mining
Kazakhmys to leave FTSE-100 index
Kazatomprom to divest non-core assets until 2013 end

Agriculture
EDB to finance agricultural machinery deliveries to Kazakhstan

Other industries
Hedge fund buys 3.65% in Steppe Cement

Global Markets