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Forex market hours in CET / CEST
Every session time on this page is shown in Central European Time (UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer). The clock reads the same IANA timezone data your operating system uses, so it stays right through every daylight saving change without anybody editing a table.
Reading your clock…
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Today, in your timezone
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Sessions in CET / CEST
| Session | Status | Your time | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney08:00 – 17:00 Sydney | — | — | — |
| Tokyo09:00 – 18:00 Tokyo | — | — | — |
| London08:00 – 17:00 London | — | — | — |
| New York08:00 – 17:00 New York | — | — | — |
| London – New York overlapthe busiest window of the day | — | — | — |
Exchanges
| Exchange | Status | Local | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSE—Holiday data does not cover this date yet — treat the badge as hours only. | — | — | — |
| NYSE—Holiday data does not cover this date yet — treat the badge as hours only. | — | — | — |
| LSE—Holiday data does not cover this date yet — treat the badge as hours only. | — | — | — |
Candle close and rollover
Triple swap tonight. The close that ends the Wednesday session carries three days of swap, because the spot value date rolls over the weekend. A position you would happily hold through any other rollover costs — or pays — three times as much through this one.
The market is shut for the weekend, so no candle is forming. Trading resumes in —.
Anchored to 17:00 New York, which is where the daily forex candle closes and where swap is charged. Your broker's own daily bar matches this only if their server runs on a timezone whose midnight lands on that moment — the usual case, and the reason most MT5 charts show five daily candles a week rather than six.
The clock needs JavaScript and runs entirely in this tab. Your timezone is read from the browser with the standard internationalisation API — nothing is sent anywhere.
What CET / CEST is, and what it does to your session times
CET (UTC+1) becomes CEST (UTC+2) for the European summer, on the same weekends as the UK but an hour offset from it — so continental Europe and London change together and stay one hour apart throughout.
Because the offset changes twice a year, and the sessions change on their own schedules, the same session can appear at three different local times across a year. The table below shows the two stable states.
Session times in CET / CEST
| Session | CET / CEST, northern winter | CET / CEST, northern summer | Moves? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 08:00 – 17:00 Sydney | 22:00 – 07:00 | 00:00 – 09:00 | Yes |
| Tokyo 09:00 – 18:00 Tokyo | 01:00 – 10:00 | 02:00 – 11:00 | Yes |
| London 08:00 – 17:00 London | 09:00 – 18:00 | 09:00 – 18:00 | No |
| New York 08:00 – 17:00 New York | 14:00 – 23:00 | 14:00 – 23:00 | No |
| London – New York overlap the busiest window of the day | 14:00 – 18:00 | 14:00 – 18:00 | Length changes too |
| Daily candle close 17:00 New York, where swap is charged | 23:00 | 23:00 | No |
Exchange hours in CET / CEST
| Exchange | CET / CEST, winter | CET / CEST, summer | Local hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSE | 08:00 – 15:50 | 09:00 – 16:50 | 09:00 – 16:50 Johannesburg |
| NYSE | 15:30 – 22:00 | 15:30 – 22:00 | 09:30 – 16:00 New York |
| LSE | 09:00 – 17:30 | 09:00 – 17:30 | 08:00 – 16:30 London |
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