Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)

Overview

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

Currency: Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
Time Zone: UTC +08:00

Symbol availability for Shanghai will initially consist 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.

Lot Size: 100 shares
Tick Size: 0.01 increments
Stocks are subject to 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%

For Shanghai, there is only an opening auction between 9:15–9:25.

Order cancellation is not permitted from 9:20–9:25.

Unexecuted orders from the opening call auction will automatically be transferred to the continuous trading session.

See the official SSE website for the market trading rules.