Stock market hours — which exchanges are open right now?
A live board of the world's major stock exchanges — 16 of them — showing which are open this second and counting down to the next bell in your own timezone. The trading day never really ends: as Sydney closes, London opens; as London closes, New York is mid-session.
The market never sleeps
Global equity trading runs as a relay around the clock. The Asia-Pacific session opens first — Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney — then hands over to Europe as London, Frankfurt and Paris come online. By the time New York rings its opening bell, London is well into its afternoon, and the two overlap for a few hours that carry much of the day's cross-Atlantic volume. When New York closes, it's already tomorrow in Sydney and the cycle begins again.
That hand-off is why the board above almost always shows something open, and why the exact overlaps matter if you trade across regions. The London–New York overlap in particular is the busiest window of the day; the thin gaps — after New York closes but before Tokyo opens — are when liquidity is lowest. Each exchange page breaks its hours down into London and New York time so you can line the sessions up.
One important limitation: these are the regular weekly schedules. Public holidays, half-days and unscheduled halts aren't modelled, so an exchange can be closed even when the clock says it should be trading. Treat the board as a fast time-zone reference, not an official market calendar.
FAQ
Which stock markets are open right now?
The board above updates live and marks each exchange OPEN or CLOSED, ordered by region. Because of time zones there's almost always at least one major market trading.
Do the hours account for daylight saving?
Yes — every exchange keeps its own local time, read live from the time-zone database, so the board is correct through spring and autumn clock changes.
Are exchange holidays included?
No. The tracker models the regular weekly schedule; it does not know about public holidays or half-days, so confirm against the official calendar for anything time-critical.