Is the BCS open right now? Santiago trading hours
The Santiago Stock Exchange (BCS) trades 09:30–16:00 Santiago local time (UTC-4), Monday to Friday. That's 6.5 hours a day. The live status above shows whether it's open this second and counts down to the next bell, in your own timezone.
The Americas session
BCS against the exchanges it shares a session with. Switch the filter to see every market on the same axis.
Days BCS is closed
Public holidays in Chile. On these the board above shows BCS shut even though the weekly schedule would have it trading — which is the whole reason to check.
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- 01 01 Año Nuevo Thursday
- 03 04 Viernes Santo Friday
- 05 04 Pascua Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 01 05 Día del Trabajador Friday
- 21 05 Día de las Glorias Navales Thursday
- 21 06 Día de los Pueblos Indígenas Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 29 06 San Pedro y San Pablo Monday
- 16 07 Virgen del Carmen Thursday
- 15 08 Asunción Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 18 09 Fiestas Patrias Friday
- 19 09 Día de las Glorias del Ejército Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 12 10 Encuentro de Dos Mundos Monday
- 31 10 Día Nacional de las Iglesias Evangélicas y Protestantes Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 01 11 Todos los Santos Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 08 12 La inmaculada concepción Tuesday
- 25 12 Navidad Friday
- 01 01 Año Nuevo Friday
- 26 03 Viernes Santo Friday
- 28 03 Pascua Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 01 05 Día del Trabajador Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 21 05 Día de las Glorias Navales Friday
- 21 06 Día de los Pueblos Indígenas Monday
- 28 06 San Pedro y San Pablo Monday
- 16 07 Virgen del Carmen Friday
- 15 08 Asunción Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 17 09 Feriado Adicional Fiestas Patrias Friday
- 18 09 Fiestas Patrias Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 19 09 Día de las Glorias del Ejército Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 11 10 Encuentro de Dos Mundos Monday
- 31 10 Día Nacional de las Iglesias Evangélicas y Protestantes Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 01 11 Todos los Santos Monday
- 08 12 La inmaculada concepción Wednesday
- 25 12 Navidad Saturday · falls on a weekend
| time zone | trading hours |
|---|---|
| Santiago (local) | 09:30–16:00 |
| London | 14:30–21:00 |
| New York | 09:30–16:00 |
About BCS trading hours
The Santiago Stock Exchange runs on America/Santiago, currently UTC-4. Its regular session is 09:30–16:00 in Santiago, 6.5 hours of continuous trading with no lunch break. The table above translates those hours into London and New York time so you can see exactly when the bell rings from wherever you follow the market.
Because the exchange keeps local time, its hours move when Santiago changes its clocks for daylight saving, and since not every financial centre shifts on the same date, the gap between BCS and other exchanges wobbles by an hour for a few weeks each spring and autumn. The live panel at the top sidesteps all of that: it reads the current offset straight from the time-zone database, so OPEN, CLOSED and the countdown are always right to the second.
What is and is not modelled: the weekly schedule and the public holidays of Chile, so on a national holiday the panel says CLOSED and the countdown skips to the next real session rather than to a bell that will not ring. Not modelled: half-days, where the BCS opens and closes early — Christmas Eve is the usual one — and unscheduled halts, which are on nobody's calendar. On a half-day the session is drawn in full. For anything time-critical, confirm against the exchange's own calendar.
Sources and last check
Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.
- Trading sessions for 16 stock exchanges
- Source: Each exchange's published trading-hours page. Last checked, reviewed every 6 months.
Not covered:Regular weekly schedule only. Public holidays, half days and unscheduled halts are not modelled.
FAQ
What are the BCS trading hours?
09:30–16:00 Santiago local time (UTC-4), Monday to Friday, 6.5 hours per trading day.
Is the BCS open right now?
The status panel above updates live from Santiago's time zone and shows OPEN or CLOSED plus a countdown to the next bell. Public holidays in Chile are taken into account, so on those days it says CLOSED and counts down to the next real trading session rather than to a bell that will not ring.
What time zone does the BCS use?
America/Santiago (UTC-4 right now), so its hours shift with daylight saving in Santiago, the live panel always uses the current offset.
How many days a year is the BCS closed for holidays?
20 public holidays in Chile fall on a weekday over the next two calendar years and cost a trading day each. The full list, including the ones that land on a weekend and cost nothing, is on this page and can be added to your calendar.