Global Stock Market Hours: When Markets Open and Close Around the World

If you trade, invest, or work in finance, you know that markets operate on their own time zone logic. The New York Stock Exchange opens while Tokyo sleeps, and London's busiest hours overlap with both Asia closing and America opening. Here is the complete guide to global stock market hours.

Asia-Pacific Markets (First to Open)

Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE): 9:00 AM-11:30 AM and 12:30 PM-3:00 PM JST (UTC+9). Lunch break from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM. Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE): 9:30 AM-11:30 AM and 1:00 PM-3:00 PM CST (UTC+8). Lunch break 11:30 AM-1:00 PM. Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX): 9:30 AM-12:00 PM and 1:00 PM-4:00 PM HKT (UTC+8). Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) / National Stock Exchange (NSE) India: 9:15 AM-3:30 PM IST (UTC+5:30). Sydney Stock Exchange (ASX): 10:00 AM-4:00 PM AEST/AEDT (UTC+10/UTC+11). No lunch break.

European Markets (Middle of the Global Trading Day)

London Stock Exchange (LSE): 8:00 AM-4:30 PM GMT/BST (UTC+0/UTC+1). Euronext (Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, Dublin): 9:00 AM-5:30 PM CET/CEST (UTC+1/UTC+2). Deutsche Borse (Frankfurt): 9:00 AM-5:30 PM CET/CEST (UTC+1/UTC+2). BME (Madrid): 9:00 AM-5:30 PM CET/CEST.

Americas Markets (Last to Close)

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) & NASDAQ: 9:30 AM-4:00 PM EST/EDT (UTC-5/UTC-4). Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX): 9:30 AM-4:00 PM EST/EDT. B3 (Sao Paulo, Brazil): 10:00 AM-5:00 PM BRT (UTC-3). Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV): 8:30 AM-3:00 PM CST (UTC-6).

The 24-Hour Trading Cycle

The global trading day moves from east to west: Sydney opens, then Tokyo/Hong Kong/Shanghai, then India, then Europe, then the Americas. The busiest overlap period is 8:00 AM-12:00 PM EST (1:00 PM-5:00 PM GMT), when both London and New York are open. This 4-hour window accounts for a disproportionate share of global trading volume. Forex markets, unlike stock exchanges, are truly 24-hour: the market opens Sunday evening UTC and trades continuously until Friday evening UTC. Use our Business Hours tool to check which markets are currently open.