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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).
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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 | — | — | — |
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 —.
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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.
The CET / CEST trading day, week and year
Central Europe and London change their clocks on the same weekends, 29 March and 25 October in 2026, so the London open stays at 09:00 local time all year and the relationship between the continent and London never shifts. New York is the clock that moves: the daily candle closes at 23:00 local time for most of the year, and at 22:00 in the weeks when the United States changes first or last, from 8 to 29 March and from 25 October to 1 November in 2026.
Those same weeks move the New York open from 14:00 to 13:00, so for a few weeks a year the London and New York overlap starts an hour earlier in the European afternoon. A rule such as closing everything by 22:30 sits half an hour before the candle close most of the year and half an hour after it in those weeks, which is worth knowing before comparing a March result with a July one.
Xetra, Deutsche Börse's electronic market in Frankfurt, trades continuously from 09:00 to 17:30 CET, Monday to Friday, opening at the same moment as the London Stock Exchange. In 2026 it does not trade on 1 January, Good Friday on 3 April, Easter Monday on 6 April, 1 May, or on 24, 25 and 31 December; the currency market stays open on all of them.
An office day from 09:00 to 17:00 in Frankfurt, Paris or Madrid starts as Tokyo finishes, at 10:00 in winter and 11:00 in summer, runs through the whole London session, and picks up New York at 14:00 for its last three hours. The forex week closes at 23:00 on Friday and reopens at 23:00 on Sunday for most of the year, and at 22:00 in the weeks when the United States is out of step with Europe.
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 |
The week's fixed events in CET / CEST
Central Europe and London keep summer time together, so the London events sit at the same local time all year: the Bank of England at 13:00, the London fix at 17:00. The American ones do too for most of the year, the jobs report at 14:30 and the Federal Reserve at 20:00, moving an hour earlier only in the weeks the United States changes its clocks before or after Europe. What does move is the Asian side: the Tankan is 00:50 in winter and 01:50 in summer, and Australian data 01:30 or 03:30, because Japan never changes its clocks and Australia changes them the other way.
| Event | CET / CEST, January | CET / CEST, July |
|---|---|---|
| Australian data, 11:30 Canberra | 01:30 | 03:30 |
| Reserve Bank of Australia decision, 2.30 pm Sydney | 04:30 | 06:30 |
| Bank of Japan Tankan, 8:50 Tokyo | 00:50 | 01:50 |
| Bank of England decision, midday London | 13:00 | 13:00 |
| US jobs report, 8:30 New York | 14:30 | 14:30 |
| WM/Reuters closing rates, 16:00 London | 17:00 | 17:00 |
| Federal Reserve statement, 2:00 pm New York | 20:00 | 20:00 |
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