Is the KRX open right now? Seoul trading hours
The Korea Exchange (KRX) trades 09:00–15:30 Seoul local time (UTC+9), 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 Asia-Pacific session
KRX against the exchanges it shares a session with. Switch the filter to see every market on the same axis.
- JPXTokyo 09:00–11:30, 12:30–15:30 · Tokyo local
- SSEShanghai 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:00 · Shanghai local
- HKEXHong Kong 09:30–12:00, 13:00–16:00 · Hong Kong local
- SGXSingapore 09:00–12:00, 13:00–17:00 · Singapore local
- NSEMumbai 09:15–15:30 · Mumbai local
- ASXSydney 10:00–16:00 · Sydney local
- KRXSeoul 09:00–15:30 · Seoul local
- TWSETaipei 09:00–13:30 · Taipei local
- IDXJakarta 09:00–12:00, 13:30–15:50 · Jakarta local
- SETBangkok 10:00–12:30, 14:30–16:30 · Bangkok local
- BursaKuala Lumpur 09:00–12:30, 14:30–17:00 · Kuala Lumpur local
- NZXAuckland 10:00–16:45 · Auckland local
Live status loads with the page.
Days KRX is closed
Public holidays in South Korea. On these the board above shows KRX shut even though the weekly schedule would have it trading — which is the whole reason to check.
24 of 24
- 01 01 신정 Thursday
- 17 02 설날 Tuesday
- 01 03 3·1절 Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 05 05 어린이날 Tuesday
- 24 05 석가탄신일 Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 06 06 현충일 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 17 07 제헌절 Friday
- 15 08 광복절 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 24 09 추석 Thursday
- 03 10 개천절 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 09 10 한글날 Friday
- 25 12 기독탄신일 Friday
- 01 01 신정 Friday
- 07 02 설날 Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 01 03 3·1절 Monday
- 05 05 어린이날 Wednesday
- 13 05 석가탄신일 Thursday
- 06 06 현충일 Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 17 07 제헌절 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 15 08 광복절 Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 14 09 추석 Tuesday
- 03 10 개천절 Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 09 10 한글날 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 25 12 기독탄신일 Saturday · falls on a weekend
| time zone | trading hours |
|---|---|
| Seoul (local) | 09:00–15:30 |
| London | 01:00–07:30 |
| New York | 20:00–02:30 |
About KRX trading hours
The Korea Exchange runs on Asia/Seoul, currently UTC+9. Its regular session is 09:00–15:30 in Seoul, 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 Seoul changes its clocks for daylight saving, and since not every financial centre shifts on the same date, the gap between KRX 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 South Korea, 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 KRX 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 KRX trading hours?
09:00–15:30 Seoul local time (UTC+9), Monday to Friday, 6.5 hours per trading day.
Is the KRX open right now?
The status panel above updates live from Seoul's time zone and shows OPEN or CLOSED plus a countdown to the next bell. Public holidays in South Korea 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 KRX use?
Asia/Seoul (UTC+9 right now), so its hours shift with daylight saving in Seoul, the live panel always uses the current offset.
How many days a year is the KRX closed for holidays?
12 public holidays in South Korea 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.