What time does the Korean Kospi stock market open?
Call Trading Session
(8AM-9AM,2:50PM-3PM) - Customer orders placed between 8:00AM ~
9:00AM and between 2:50PM ~3:00 PM are considered as simultaneously
received by KETRA.
- The opening price is determined by a single price auction at
the end of the call trading session, which matches both parties'
limit orders.
- 4 order matching principles: price, agency, size, and time.
Regular trading
session(9AM-3PM) - Regular trading session is from 9:00AM to
15:00PM, 5 days a week from Monday through Friday.
- Orders are matched by a continuous auction ("multi-price
auction") with the principles of price and time.
- When a match is available, the transaction is finalized and
confirmation of the transaction is sent electronically to the
securities company. Pre-Hour and After-Hour Trading Session.
Pre-hour trading session starts from 7:30 to 8:30 and after-hour
trading from 15:10 to 16:00. Both trading sessions take place at
two levels : closing price trading and block trading. At closing
price trading session, orders are executed at the closing price (in
case of pre-hour trading the closing price of the previous day) by
time priority and block orders are matched separately if the
trading value is over 100 million won and transaction price locates
between -7% and + 7% of the closing price or is VWAP. -Note: Only
the stock market and ETF market are operated during the pre-hours
and after-hours sessions
