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Market rules

1. Trading time

Singapore trading time is divided into full-day trading and half-day trading. December 24 & 31 are half-day markets every year.

1.1 Full-day Trading

PeriodTime
Opening Routine08:30 - 08:59
Trading09:00 - 12:00
Mid-Day Break12:00 - 12:59
Trading13:00 -  17:00
Closing Routine17:00 - 17:05
Trade at Close17:06 - 17:16

*The above time zone is UTC+8

1.2 Half-day Trading(Christmas Eve & New year's Eve)

PeriodTime
Opening Routine08:30 - 08:59
Trading09:00 - 12:00
Closing Routine12:00 - 12:05
Trade at Close12:06 - 12:16

*The above time zone is UTC+8

2. Board Lot Sizes

The standard board lot size is 100 units. However, certain products such as some Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) may trade in other board lot sizes.

ProductsBoard lot size
Stocks100
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)5, 10 or 100


3. Minimum Bid Size

There are differences in the minimum quotation units for different categories:

3.1 Stocks, REITs, Business Trusts

Price Range (S$) Minimum Quotation Unit (S$)
<0.20 0.001
0.20-0.9950.005
≥1.000.01

3.2 ETF

Price Range (S$) Minimum Quotation Unit (S$)
All 0.01 or 0.001 (determined by SGX-ST)