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Venue comparison · seed-0.6 · 2026-08-29

Shanghai Stock Exchange (XSHG) vs Korea Exchange (XKRX)

Shanghai Stock Exchange and Korea Exchange compared by ISO 10383 identity, operator, trading session, settlement cycle and covered listings.

FieldShanghai Stock ExchangeKorea Exchange
Operating MICXSHGXKRX
Segment MICs13
CountryChinaSouth Korea
OperatorShanghai Stock ExchangeKRX
Operator LEI300300LRJ5FEZ23N8725549300TJ3RRV6Q1UEW14
Trading currencyCNYKRW
TimezoneAsia/ShanghaiAsia/Seoul
Session (local)09:30–15:0009:00–15:30
Lunch break11:30-13:00none
SettlementT+1T+2
Covered listings12
Covered listed value ≈$250bn$570bn
BenchmarksSSE Composite Index, SSE 50, STAR 50, CSI 300 (multi-venue)KOSPI, KOSPI 200, KOSDAQ Composite

Shanghai Stock Exchange

Largest mainland-China exchange; access for foreign investors via Stock Connect.

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Korea Exchange

Sole securities exchange operator of South Korea.

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"Covered listings" counts companies in the Finance Foundation dataset, not the venue's full listing count — the comparison is of our covered set, stated plainly. seed-0.6 · 2026-08-29.