World Market Times
Live stock market hours — which exchanges are open right now, in your local time
See which of the world's twelve major stock exchanges are open at this moment, each with a live countdown to its next open or close in your own local time. The map below pins every exchange to its real location under a moving day-and-night shadow, and the timeline shows where the trading sessions overlap. It's built for anyone trading, working or simply keeping half an eye on markets in another part of the world.
📊 Live Market Status
Updates every second · times in your timezone🗺️ Global Market Map
⏱ Trading Session Timeline (UTC)
Bars show each exchange's hours in UTC — overlapping bars = highest-volume periods. Blue line = current UTC time.
⚡ London–New York overlap (~13:30–16:30 UTC) is the most liquid period globally. Tokyo–London (~07:00–09:00 UTC) is the Asian/European crossover.
📋 Market Hours Reference
| Exchange | Local Open | Local Close | Timezone | Your Open | Your Close | Status / Countdown | Days |
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* Times auto-adjust for Daylight Saving. Tokyo/Shanghai/HKEX have midday lunch breaks. Dubai (DFM) trades Sun–Thu.
Why the overlaps matter more than the openings
The single busiest window in global finance is the few hours each afternoon, UK time, when London and New York are open together — roughly 1:30pm to 4:30pm UTC. With the two largest Western centres trading at once, the volume of buying and selling peaks, spreads on the major currency pairs tighten, and prices tend to move more sharply on news. The Tokyo-to-London handover in the early European morning is the other notable crossover, passing activity from Asia to Europe.
Knowing the overlaps is useful whether you trade or not: it explains why a currency can drift quietly overnight and then move hard in the afternoon, and why economic announcements are so often timed for the start of the New York session, when the most people are watching.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which stock markets are open right now? ▼
The live status cards and map at the top of this page show which markets are open right now, updating every second based on your device's clock and each exchange's official trading hours. Green = open, amber = pre-market, grey = closed.
What time does the NYSE open? ▼
NYSE and NASDAQ open at 09:30 and close at 16:00 Eastern Time (ET), Monday–Friday. Pre-market runs 04:00–09:30 and after-hours 16:00–20:00 ET. The countdown card above shows the exact time until open or close in your local time.
What time does the London Stock Exchange open? ▼
The LSE opens at 08:00 and closes at 16:30 GMT/BST, Monday–Friday. It opens 1.5 hours before NYSE, meaning there's a period where only the European session is active before New York joins.
When is the London–New York overlap? ▼
~13:30–16:30 UTC. This is the highest-volume, most liquid window in global markets. Both major Western exchanges are simultaneously open, creating peak trading activity and tightest spreads for EUR/USD, GBP/USD and related instruments.
What are Tokyo Stock Exchange trading hours? ▼
TSE trades 09:00–15:30 JST (UTC+9), Monday–Friday, with a lunch break 11:30–12:30. JST does not observe daylight saving time, so the UTC offset is constant year-round.
Why does the map show light and dark areas? ▼
The map shows a real-time day/night overlay based on the current position of the Sun. The bright yellow glow marks the subsolar point (directly under the Sun), the glowing cyan line is the terminator (sunrise/sunset boundary), and the dark region is currently in night. This updates live every frame.
Why does Dubai (DFM) trade on Sundays? ▼
The Dubai Financial Market follows the Islamic working week (Sunday–Thursday). Friday and Saturday are the weekend in the UAE. This means DFM is open when Western markets are closed on Sundays, and closed while Western markets trade on Fridays.
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