JAPAN

TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE

• Location : Tokyo, Japan

• Established on May 15, 1878 as Tokyo
Kabushiki.
• Second largest stock exchanges in the world
• It had 2414 listed companies(as on 31 dec
2007).
• Stocks listed on the TSE are separated into
 the First Section - large companies
the Second Section- mid-sized companies
The mothers- high-growth startup companie

• Indexes: TOPIX , Nikkei225, J30

• Operating Hours: 9:00 to 11:00 and from 12:30 to
3:00pm
CHINA
 Shanghai Stock Exchange

Location : Shanghai, China

•
Established on 1891 as Shanghai share brokers Association and renamed on 1904
•
sixth largest in the world.
•
It had 860 listed companies(as on 31 dec 2007).
•
• The securities listed at the SSE
include
 stocks – ‘A’ share and ‘B’ share
‘A’ shares are priced in the local
renminbi yuan currency, while ‘B’
shares are quoted in U.S. dollars.
 bonds
funds
• SSE is open for trading every Monday
to Friday
• Indexes: SSE 50 and SSE 180
• Operating Hours: 9:30 to 11:30am
and from 01:00 to 3:00pm
HONG KONG
 Hong Kong Stock Exchange
• Location: Central, Hong Kong
• Established on 1891 as Association of
Stockbrokers in Hong Kong and renamed
on 1914.
• Asia's third largest stock exchange in
terms of market capitalization.
• HKEx first introduced a computer-
assisted trading system on 2 April 1986
• It had 1241 listed companies(as on 31 dec
2007).
• Indexes: Hang Seng Index
• A pre-opening auction session from 9:30 am to
9:50 am. The opening price of a security is
reported shortly after 9:50 am.
• Operating Hours: 10:00 to 12:30 pm and 2:30
to 4:00 pm
Singapore
 Singapore Exchange(SGX)

• Location : Singapore
• SGX was formed on December 1, 1999,
following the merger of the Stock Exchange of
Singapore (SES) and the Singapore
International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX)
• It had 762 listed companies(as on 31 dec 2007).
• Indexes: Straits Times Index
• SGX's has pre-market sessions from
08:30am to 09:00am
• Operating Hours: 09:00am to 5:00
pm