Hours of Commodities Trading, Oil
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Hours of Commodities Trading, Oil
Keeping an eye on oil prices, below are the main trading hours for Brent and Light crude oil futures, both traded on the NYMEX and ICE futures exchanges. |
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NYMEX Light Crude Oil Trading Hours
Trading Hours (All times are New York time).
Open outcry trading is conducted from 9:00 AM until 2:30 PM.
Electronic trading is conducted from 6:00 PM until 5:15 PM via the CME Globex® trading platform, Sunday through Friday.
There is a 45-minute break each day between 5:15PM (current trade date) and 6:00 PM (next trade date).
ICE Brent Crude Oil Trading Hours
UK Hours* Open 01:00 London local time (23.00 on Sundays) Close 23:00 London local time.
EST Hours Open 20:00 (18:00 on Sundays) Close: 18:00 the following day.
Chicago Hours Open 19:00 (17:00 on Sundays) Close: 17:00 the following day.
Singapore Hours Open 08:00 (06:00 on Monday mornings) close 06:00 the next day.
*A circular will be issued when the UK switches from GMT to BST and also when the US switches from DST which will affect the opening and closing times.
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