====== Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) ======

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) is the leading equities market of mainland China.

[[http://english.sse.com.cn/|Homepage]]

Currency: Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY)

[[http://english.sse.com.cn/start/trading/schedule/|Trading Schedule]]

===== Trading Summary =====

Symbol availability for Shanghai consists of A-shares only. Shanghai A-shares use a 6-digit code format. For example, the symbol for the Agricultural Bank of China is **601288**.

==== Order Types ====

  * Limit Buy/Sell→ShortSell

==== Basic Market Rules ====

  * Lot Size: 100 shares.
  * Tick Size: 0.01.
  * Stocks are subject to a maximum daily price fluctuation limit of +/- 10%, except for on their first trading day.
  * Symbols that are subject to a risk warning will have a maximum daily price fluctuation limit of +/- 5%.

===== Auction Mechanisms =====

For Shanghai, there is only an opening auction at 9:15 - 9:25. Order cancellation is not permitted at 9:20 - 9:25. Unexecuted orders from the opening call auction will automatically be transferred to the continuous trading session.


===== See Also =====
  * [[market_guides|Market Guides]]