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Market hours and trading sessions

Major trading sessions in Etc/UTC. All hours use the IANA time-zone database.

Use an IANA zone such as Europe/Copenhagen or America/New_York.

Showing 10 November 2026 Etc/UTC UTC

Forex sessions

VenueSessions in Etc/UTCStatusLocal zone
Sydney forexSydney session 20:00-05:00
Sydney session 20:00-05:00		Opencloses at 16:00Australia/Sydney
Tokyo forexTokyo session 00:00-09:00Lunch breakopens at 09:00Asia/Tokyo
London forexLondon session 08:00-17:00Lunch breakopens at 08:00Europe/London
New York forexNew York session 13:00-22:00Opencloses at 17:00America/New_York
Forex week24/5 forex week 22:00-22:00Opencloses at 17:00America/New_York

Americas

VenueSessions in Etc/UTCStatusLocal zone
NYSEAfter hours 21:00-01:00
Pre-market 09:00-14:30
Regular trading 14:30-21:00
After hours 21:00-01:00		After hourscloses at 20:00America/New_York
NasdaqAfter hours 21:00-01:00
Pre-market 09:00-14:30
Regular trading 14:30-21:00
After hours 21:00-01:00		After hourscloses at 20:00America/New_York
NYSEAfter hours 21:00-01:00
Pre-market 09:00-14:30
Regular trading 14:30-21:00
After hours 21:00-01:00		After hourscloses at 20:00America/New_York
TSXRegular trading 14:30-21:00Lunch breakopens at 09:30America/Toronto
B3Regular trading 13:00-20:55
Closing call 20:55-21:00		Lunch breakopens at 10:00America/Sao_Paulo

Europe

VenueSessions in Etc/UTCStatusLocal zone
LSERegular trading 08:00-16:30Lunch breakopens at 08:00Europe/London
XetraExtended retail 07:00-08:00
Regular trading 08:00-16:30
Extended retail 16:30-21:00		Lunch breakopens at 09:00Europe/Berlin
EuronextRegular trading 08:00-16:30Lunch breakopens at 09:00Europe/Paris
SIXRegular trading 08:00-16:30Lunch breakopens at 09:00Europe/Zurich
JSERegular trading 07:00-15:00Lunch breakopens at 09:00Africa/Johannesburg

Asia-Pacific

VenueSessions in Etc/UTCStatusLocal zone
NSEPre-open 03:30-03:45
Regular trading 03:45-10:00
Closing auction 10:00-10:10		Lunch breakopens at 09:15Asia/Kolkata
BSEPre-open 03:30-03:45
Regular trading 03:45-10:00		Lunch breakopens at 09:15Asia/Kolkata
SSEMorning 01:30-03:30
Afternoon 05:00-07:00		Lunch breakopens at 09:30Asia/Shanghai
SZSEMorning 01:30-03:30
Afternoon 05:00-07:00		Lunch breakopens at 09:30Asia/Shanghai
HKEXMorning 01:30-04:00
Afternoon 05:00-08:00
Closing auction 08:00-08:10		Lunch breakopens at 09:30Asia/Hong_Kong
TSEMorning 00:00-02:30
Afternoon 03:30-06:30		Lunch breakopens at 09:00Asia/Tokyo
KRXRegular trading 00:00-06:30
After-market 07:00-11:00		Lunch breakopens at 09:00Asia/Seoul
SGXMorning 01:00-04:00
Afternoon 05:00-09:00		Lunch breakopens at 09:00Asia/Singapore
ASXRegular trading 23:00-05:00
Regular trading 23:00-05:00		Lunch breakopens at 10:00Australia/Sydney

Futures and crypto

VenueSessions in Etc/UTCStatusLocal zone
CME GlobexGlobex week 23:00-22:00
Equity index regular hours 14:30-21:15
Daily pause 22:00-23:00		Opencloses at 16:00America/Chicago
CryptoAlways open 00:00-00:00Opencloses at 00:00Etc/UTC

Coming changes

  • Nasdaq: Scheduled change from 6 December 2026.
  • NYSE Arca: Scheduled change from 6 December 2026.
  • LSE: Planned change with no fixed date yet.
  • KRX: Planned change from 1 December 2027.

Forex sessions

Forex is a 24/5 market with session names used as a useful convention. See the four sessions, their overlaps and daylight saving gap weeks on the forex sessions page.

Times are for information only and can change. Check with your exchange or broker before trading. Not financial advice.

Quick answers

Common questions

1

How are market hours converted to my time zone?

Each session is stored in the exchange's local IANA time zone and converted for Etc/UTC. This handles daylight saving changes automatically.

2

Are forex session times official?

No. Forex session names and times are a market convention. Your broker can use different hours.

3

Do market hours include holidays and early closes?

The schedule includes published holidays and early closes where data is available. Always check the exchange or broker before trading.