Is The Stock Market Open Today?

Here is a handy little widget that will tell you the opening hours for the NYSE.

Obviously knowing the right times is critically important, so I hope this helps in some way.

Question 1 – What Times Do The Actual Exchanges Open?

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is open from 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (UTC+0) and
The opening times for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open from 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM (EST) and
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is open from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (UTC+9), also the exchange closes for lunch from 11:00 am to 12:30pm

Question 2 – What Are The World Exchanges? I don’t understand which one is which!
Well, in order of market capitalization, the following is a good guide to each stock exchange.
1.) United States NYSE / NASDAQ
2.) Japan Tokyo Stock Exchange
3.) United Kingdom London Stock Exchange
4.) China Shanghai Stock Exchange
5.) Hong Kong Stock Exchange
6.) Canada Toronto Stock Exchange
7.) India Bombay Stock Exchange / National Stock Exchange of India
8.) Brazil BM&F Bovespa
9.) Australia Australian Securities Exchange
10.) Germany Deutsche Börse
11.) China Shenzhen Stock Exchange
12.) Switzerland SIX Swiss Exchange
13) Spain BME Spanish Exchanges
14) South Korea Korea Exchange
15) Russia MICEX
16) South Africa JSE Limited

There is plenty to go at with that lot. However when you are asking “is the stock market open today” then generally yes, somewhere in the world a market will be trading, as of course they will all trade at different times of the day (and night) depending upon where you are situated. The only exception to this of course is a brief amount of the time when all exchanges are sitting on a weekend. At some point though, one continent will be hitting a Monday and then the trading will begin again.

Here are some nifty world time zone clocks whihc will put a smile on your face.