Is the MOEX open right now? Moscow trading hours
The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) trades 09:50–18:50 Moscow local time (UTC+3), Monday to Friday. That's 9 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 Europe session
MOEX against the exchanges it shares a session with. Switch the filter to see every market on the same axis.
- LSELondon 08:00–16:30 · London local
- EuronextParis 09:00–17:30 · Paris local
- XetraFrankfurt 09:00–17:30 · Frankfurt local
- SIXZurich 09:00–17:30 · Zurich local
- MOEXMoscow 09:50–18:50 · Moscow local
- BorsaMilan 09:00–17:30 · Milan local
- BMEMadrid 09:00–17:30 · Madrid local
- AmsterdamAmsterdam 09:00–17:30 · Amsterdam local
- StockholmStockholm 09:00–17:30 · Stockholm local
- Oslo BørsOslo 09:00–16:20 · Oslo local
- WSEWarsaw 09:00–17:00 · Warsaw local
- BISTIstanbul 10:00–18:00 · Istanbul local
Live status loads with the page.
Days MOEX is closed
Public holidays in Russia. On these the board above shows MOEX shut even though the weekly schedule would have it trading — which is the whole reason to check.
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- 01 01 Новый год Thursday
- 02 01 Новогодние каникулы Friday
- 07 01 Рождество Христово Wednesday
- 08 01 Новогодние каникулы Thursday
- 23 02 День защитника Отечества Monday
- 08 03 Международный женский день Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 09 03 Международный женский день Monday
- 01 05 День весны и труда Friday
- 09 05 День Победы Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 12 06 День России Friday
- 04 11 День народного единства Wednesday
- 01 01 Новый год Friday
- 02 01 Новогодние каникулы Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 07 01 Рождество Христово Thursday
- 08 01 Новогодние каникулы Friday
- 23 02 День защитника Отечества Tuesday
- 08 03 Международный женский день Monday
- 01 05 День весны и труда Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 09 05 День Победы Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 12 06 День России Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 04 11 День народного единства Thursday
| time zone | trading hours |
|---|---|
| Moscow (local) | 09:50–18:50 |
| London | 07:50–16:50 |
| New York | 02:50–11:50 |
About MOEX trading hours
The Moscow Exchange runs on Europe/Moscow, currently UTC+3. Its regular session is 09:50–18:50 in Moscow, 9 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.
Moscow does not observe daylight saving, so MOEX sits at the same UTC hours all year. What moves is everybody else: when Europe and North America change their clocks, the bell appears to shift an hour on THEIR side of the conversion. The live panel reads the current offsets straight from the time-zone database, so OPEN, CLOSED and the countdown stay right through both transitions.
What is and is not modelled: the weekly schedule and the public holidays of Russia, 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 MOEX 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 and holiday calendars for the exchanges on /markets
- 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 MOEX trading hours?
09:50–18:50 Moscow local time (UTC+3), Monday to Friday, 9 hours per trading day.
Is the MOEX open right now?
The status panel above updates live from Moscow's time zone and shows OPEN or CLOSED plus a countdown to the next bell. Public holidays in Russia 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 MOEX use?
Europe/Moscow, UTC+3 year round — Moscow does not change its clocks, so the session sits at the same UTC hours all year and only YOUR side of the conversion moves.
How many days a year is the MOEX closed for holidays?
15 public holidays in Russia 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.