It is from 09:00 to 15:30 everyday except holidays and Saturday. The holidays include national holidays, Labor Day and one day at the end of the year.
The type of quotation (order) is a limit order. In other words, an investor trades at the designated price or lower price for a bid limit order while trading at the designated price or higher price for an ask limit order. The quotation receiving hours is from 08:30 to 15:30. Quotation price units (or tick size), quotation quantity units and trading units are classified below as per domestic bond and foreign bond.
Classification | Domestic Bonds (Incl. equity-related bond) |
Foreign Bonds | ||
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Quotation Price Unit (Tick Size) |
Remaining to Maturity of Bonds | |||
10 years or longer | KRW 1 | 1 point | ||
2 years or longer, but shorter than 10 years |
KRW 0.5 | 0.5 point | ||
Shorter than 2 years | KRW 0.1 | 0.1 point | ||
Quotation Quantity Unit | Face value KRW 10,000 | 10,000 point | ||
Trading Unit | Face value KRW 1,000 | 10,000 point |
Though daily price limits are not applied, excessively priced quotations as below are not allowed to be put into the trading system to prevent errors by operators:
* Base price: Previous day's closing price (When the closing price is not available, a mark-to-market price is used.)