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Is the BME open right now? Madrid trading hours

The Bolsa de Madrid (BME) trades 09:00–17:30 Madrid local time (UTC+2), Monday to Friday. That's 8.5 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.

09:00–17:30
Madrid local time

The Europe session

BME against the exchanges it shares a session with. Switch the filter to see every market on the same axis.

Days BME is closed

Public holidays in Spain. On these the board above shows BME shut even though the weekly schedule would have it trading — which is the whole reason to check.

20 of 20

  • 01 01 Año Nuevo Thursday
  • 06 01 Día de los Reyes Magos Tuesday
  • 03 04 Viernes Santo Friday
  • 01 05 Día del Trabajador Friday
  • 15 08 Asunción Saturday · falls on a weekend
  • 12 10 Fiesta Nacional de España Monday
  • 01 11 Todos los Santos Sunday · falls on a weekend
  • 06 12 Día de la Constitución Española Sunday · falls on a weekend
  • 08 12 La inmaculada concepción Tuesday
  • 25 12 Navidad Friday
  • 01 01 Año Nuevo Friday
  • 06 01 Día de los Reyes Magos Wednesday
  • 26 03 Viernes Santo Friday
  • 01 05 Día del Trabajador Saturday · falls on a weekend
  • 15 08 Asunción Sunday · falls on a weekend
  • 12 10 Fiesta Nacional de España Tuesday
  • 01 11 Todos los Santos Monday
  • 06 12 Día de la Constitución Española Monday
  • 08 12 La inmaculada concepción Wednesday
  • 25 12 Navidad Saturday · falls on a weekend
Trading hours around the world
Regular BME trading hours shown in three time zones
time zone trading hours
Madrid (local)09:00–17:30
London08:00–16:30
New York03:00–11:30

About BME trading hours

The Bolsa de Madrid runs on Europe/Madrid, currently UTC+2. Its regular session is 09:00–17:30 in Madrid, 8.5 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 Madrid changes its clocks for daylight saving, and since not every financial centre shifts on the same date, the gap between BME 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 Spain, 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 BME 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 BME trading hours?

09:00–17:30 Madrid local time (UTC+2), Monday to Friday, 8.5 hours per trading day.

Is the BME open right now?

The status panel above updates live from Madrid's time zone and shows OPEN or CLOSED plus a countdown to the next bell. Public holidays in Spain 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 BME use?

Europe/Madrid (UTC+2 right now), so its hours shift with daylight saving in Madrid, the live panel always uses the current offset.

How many days a year is the BME closed for holidays?

14 public holidays in Spain 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.