5) China A-shares
Tiger brokers certain Mainland China-listed securities in the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets through HKEX’s "Shanghai Connect" and "Shenzhen Connect" mechanisms. The following contains a brief introduction to HKEX’s Stock Connect. Please visit HKEX’s website, e.g., Information Booklet & FAQ, for more.
Scope of Trade
For a list of all eligible securities, please refer to the HKEX website: All Eligible Securities.
Only A-shares and ETFs are included in the Shanghai Connect and Shenzhen Connect. Other Mainland China-listed securities such as B-shares, debt securities, and other non-eligible equities are not included.
Note: Tiger does not support ChiNext and STAR share trading.
Trading Hours
Please refer to the HKEX Calendar.
Trading is only available from Monday to Friday (GMT+8), when all three markets (SSE, SZSE, and HKEX) are open, as follows:
SSE & SZSE | Note | |
Opening Call Auction | 9:15 - 9:25 | Does not accept cancel orders for SSE/SZSE A-shares and ETFs during 9:20 - 9:25 |
Continuous Trading (Morning) | 9:30 - 11:30 | - |
Continuous Trading (Afternoon) | 13:00 - 14:57 | - |
Closing Call Auction | 14:57 - 15:00 | SSE and SZSE A-shares and ETFs do not accept instructions to cancel buy or sell orders during 14:57 - 15:00 |
Orders that are not matched during the opening call auction period will automatically enter the continuous trading that follows.
Tick Size
Tick size for stocks: 0.01 RMB
Tick size for ETFs: 0.001 RMB
Lot Size
Board lot: 100 shares per lot
Only a sell order to sell one's odd lot in full may be accepted.
Buy orders must be placed in board lots, but odd lot executions can happen, since odd lot sell orders are allowed.
The maximum buy/sell order quantity per order: 1,000,000 shares.
Settlement Rules
All trades are settled in RMB.
Stocks purchased on a given day (T) cannot be sold on the same day - selling of those stocks can be placed the next trading day (T+1).
The sale proceeds of a given day (T) are settled on the next trading day (T+1).
Note: With Tiger, the sale proceeds of Stock Connect of a given day (T) are made available for trading on the same day.
Tiger's
Please refer to the https://www.tigerbrokers.nz/invest/china-a-shares page for more Tiger-specific arrangements.