Trading
Sessions
Trading at Bursa Malaysia from Monday to Friday, except on public holidays and other market
holidays (when the Exchange is declared closed by the Bursa Malaysia Committee).
| EQUITIES MARKET TIMING (effective 26 October 2009) |
| 8:30 am |
| 9:00 am |
| 12:30 pm |
| Lunch |
| 2:00 pm |
| 2:30 pm |
| 4:45 pm |
| 4:50 pm |
| 5:00 pm |
Pre-Opening
Enter, modify or delete orders
No order matching is done
Theoretical Opening Price (TOP) based on orders entered is dynamically
calculated, and the last TOP calculated before opening time is set as the natural opening
price
Order in order book is broadcasted
Opening and Continuous Trading
Orders are matched real-time based on price-time priority
Opening price and quantity of orders matched are broadcast
After the Opening Auction, system automatically moves to continuous trading
phase
Matched Trades can be continuously viewed from any front-end system
5 best price limits are displayed
Closing Session
The closing price will be the last know traded price
Pre-Opening
Enter, modify or delete orders
No order matching is done
Theoretical opening Price (TOP) based on orders entered , is dynamically
calculated and the last TOP calculated before opening time is set as the natural opening
price
Orders in order book is broadcasted
Opening and Continuous Trading
Orders are matched based on price time priority
Opening price and quantity of order matched are broadcast
After the opening Auction, system automatically move to continuous trading
phase
Matched trades can be continuously viewed real-time from any front-end
system
5 best price limits are displayed
Pre-Closing
Starts immediately after end of continuous trading phase
Orders are accepted and automatically updated in order book WITHOUT giving rise
to trades
Theoretical Closing Price (TCP) based on orders entered, is dynamically
calculated
Trading at Last
Order can be entered and matched at last done price only
Closing Session
Last opportunity to close position at a fixed price
In the event of no TCP during the period, the closing price will be the last
know traded price
Odd Lot Market
The Odd Lot market refers to the trading of shares
that are less than 100 shares of stock
Partial matching is allowed
Order are matched based on price time priority
Price limit follow normal market
