Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is a cross-boundary investment channel that connects the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Under the program, investors in each market are able to trade shares on the other market using their local brokers and clearing houses.
With Northbound Trading, investors, through their Hong Kong brokers and a securities trading service company to be established by SEHK, will be able to place orders to trade eligible shares listed on SSE by routing orders to SSE.
With Southbound Trading, eligible investors, through Mainland securities firms and a securities trading service company to be established by SSE, will be able to place orders to trade eligible shares listed on SEHK by routing orders to SEHK
Northbound Trading | Southbound Trading | |
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Qualification | No restriction | Institutional investors or holders of personal account with no less than RMB500,000. |
Investment Products | Constituents of SSE 180 Index and SSE 380 Index, and A shares with corresponding H shares listed on SEHK | Constituents of Hang Seng Composite LargeCap Index and Hang Seng Composite MidCap index, and H shares with corresponding A shares listed on SSE |
Ineligible Products | Shanghai stocks not quoted in RMB, Shanghai stocks under risk alert | Hong Kong stocks not quoted in HKD, H shares with correspondent A shares tradable on Shenzhen Stock Exchange, H shares which have corresponding A shares put under "risk alert" |
Investment Quota | Daily quota: RMB13 billion | Daily quota: RMB10.5 billion |
Number of Tradable Stocks (As of 2016/08/31) | 573 | 381 |
Variety | Various Products | Only a handful of Products |
Rise and fall limits | No | Yes |
Trading Hours | Opening call auction hours | Pre-opening hours |
09:15 - 09:25* | 09:15 - 09:25* | |
Continuous auction hours | Continuous trading hours | |
09:30 - 11:30* 13:00 - 15:00* | Put warrant | |
09:30 - 12:00 13:00 - 16:00 | Rather Close market | |
Closing Auction Session | ||
16:00 - 16:10 | ||
Stock Code | 6 digits (Eg: Petrochina A Share code: 601857) | 5 digits (Eg: Petrochina H share code: 00857) |
Order Type | Limit orders only | Pre-opening session: At-auction limit orders only Continuous Trading Hours: enhanced limited orders only Closing Auction: At-auction limited orders only |
Day Trading | Not Allowed | Allowed |
Odd Lot | Selling only | Selling only, offers possibly inferior to market prices |
Short Selling | Allowed | Not Allowed |
Margin Financing | Allowed | Allowed |
IPO Subscription | Not Allowed | Not Allowed |
Lot Size | 100 shares | Varies among stocks |
Order Size Limit | 1 million shares | 3000 Lots |
Minimum Spread | RMB0.01 | Depends on stock price |
Volatility Restriction | ±10% against previous closing price or ±5% against previous closing price for stocks under risk warning | Under Volatility Control Mechanism (VCM), HSI & HSCEI constituent stocks will put into a cooling off period for 5 minutes if the stock price fluctuates more than 10% from the reference price from 5 minutes ago. Maximum of 1 trigger in morning and afternoon session. |
Settlement Cycle | T for stocks; T+1 for funds | T+2 for stocks and funds |
Shareholder Voting | Through CCASS’s existing voting functions | ChinaClear to collect and submit votes |