Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
Mainland China's largest stock exchange, home to many of the country's state-owned banks, insurers and energy companies.
Regular sessions: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM local time, Monday to Friday.
Based on regular hours; exchange holidays and shortened sessions are not reflected.
SSE Composite Index · past year
Closing level on Oct 14, 2026 (Shanghai session)
SSE Indexes
Tracks the stocks listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, with a base value of 100 set on December 19, 1990. It is the most widely quoted measure of the Shanghai market.
- 28 Days
- -3.20%
- Year to Date
- -5.08%
- 1 Year
- -2.54%
The 300 largest and most liquid A-shares listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen, widely used as the benchmark for the whole mainland Chinese stock market.
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The 50 largest and most liquid stocks on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, a blue-chip measure of the Shanghai market.
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About the Shanghai Stock Exchange
The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) opened in December 1990 and lists A-shares traded in yuan, alongside a small number of B-shares. Its Main Board carries large established companies, while the STAR Market, launched in 2019, is aimed at technology and innovation companies.
Trading runs in a morning and an afternoon session with a lunch break. Together with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange it makes up the mainland Chinese stock market.
Key Facts
- Operator
- Shanghai Stock Exchange
- Location
- Shanghai, China
- Trading currency
- CNY
- Founded
- 1990
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai