Is the BMV open right now? Mexico City trading hours
The Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV) trades 08:30–15:00 Mexico City local time (UTC-6), 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
BMV against the exchanges it shares a session with. Switch the filter to see every market on the same axis.
Days BMV is closed
Public holidays in Mexico. On these the board above shows BMV shut even though the weekly schedule would have it trading — which is the whole reason to check.
14 of 14
- 01 01 Año Nuevo Thursday
- 02 02 Día de la Constitución Monday
- 16 03 Natalicio de Benito Juárez Monday
- 01 05 Día del Trabajador Friday
- 16 09 Día de la Independencia Wednesday
- 16 11 Día de la Revolución Monday
- 25 12 Navidad Friday
- 01 01 Año Nuevo Friday
- 01 02 Día de la Constitución Monday
- 15 03 Natalicio de Benito Juárez Monday
- 01 05 Día del Trabajador Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 16 09 Día de la Independencia Thursday
- 15 11 Día de la Revolución Monday
- 25 12 Navidad Saturday · falls on a weekend
| time zone | trading hours |
|---|---|
| Mexico City (local) | 08:30–15:00 |
| London | 15:30–22:00 |
| New York | 10:30–17:00 |
About BMV trading hours
The Bolsa Mexicana de Valores runs on America/Mexico_City, currently UTC-6. Its regular session is 08:30–15:00 in Mexico City, 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 Mexico City changes its clocks for daylight saving, and since not every financial centre shifts on the same date, the gap between BMV 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 Mexico, 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 BMV 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 BMV trading hours?
08:30–15:00 Mexico City local time (UTC-6), Monday to Friday, 6.5 hours per trading day.
Is the BMV open right now?
The status panel above updates live from Mexico City's time zone and shows OPEN or CLOSED plus a countdown to the next bell. Public holidays in Mexico 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 BMV use?
America/Mexico_City (UTC-6 right now), so its hours shift with daylight saving in Mexico City, the live panel always uses the current offset.
How many days a year is the BMV closed for holidays?
12 public holidays in Mexico 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.