Is the HKEX open right now? Hong Kong trading hours
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) trades 09:30–12:00, 13:00–16:00 Hong Kong local time (UTC+8), Monday to Friday, with a midday break. That's 5.5 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 Asia-Pacific session
HKEX against the exchanges it shares a session with. Switch the filter to see every market on the same axis.
- JPXTokyo 09:00–11:30, 12:30–15:30 · Tokyo local
- SSEShanghai 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:00 · Shanghai local
- HKEXHong Kong 09:30–12:00, 13:00–16:00 · Hong Kong local
- SGXSingapore 09:00–12:00, 13:00–17:00 · Singapore local
- NSEMumbai 09:15–15:30 · Mumbai local
- ASXSydney 10:00–16:00 · Sydney local
- KRXSeoul 09:00–15:30 · Seoul local
- TWSETaipei 09:00–13:30 · Taipei local
- IDXJakarta 09:00–12:00, 13:30–15:50 · Jakarta local
- SETBangkok 10:00–12:30, 14:30–16:30 · Bangkok local
- BursaKuala Lumpur 09:00–12:30, 14:30–17:00 · Kuala Lumpur local
- NZXAuckland 10:00–16:45 · Auckland local
Live status loads with the page.
Days HKEX is closed
Public holidays in Hong Kong SAR China. On these the board above shows HKEX shut even though the weekly schedule would have it trading — which is the whole reason to check.
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- 01 01 一月一日 Thursday
- 17 02 農曆年初一 Tuesday
- 18 02 農曆年初二 Wednesday
- 19 02 農曆年初三 Thursday
- 03 04 耶穌受難節 Friday
- 04 04 耶穌受難節翌日 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 06 04 清明節翌日 Monday
- 07 04 復活節星期一翌日 Tuesday
- 01 05 勞動節 Friday
- 25 05 佛誕翌日 Monday
- 19 06 端午節 Friday
- 01 07 香港特別行政區成立紀念日 Wednesday
- 26 09 中秋節翌日 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 01 10 國慶日 Thursday
- 19 10 重陽節翌日 Monday
- 25 12 聖誕節 Friday
- 26 12 聖誕節後第一個周日 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 01 01 一月一日 Friday
- 06 02 農曆年初一 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 08 02 農曆年初三 Monday
- 09 02 農曆年初四 Tuesday
- 26 03 耶穌受難節 Friday
- 27 03 耶穌受難節翌日 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 29 03 復活節星期一 Monday
- 05 04 清明節 Monday
- 01 05 勞動節 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 13 05 佛誕 Thursday
- 09 06 端午節 Wednesday
- 01 07 香港特別行政區成立紀念日 Thursday
- 16 09 中秋節翌日 Thursday
- 01 10 國慶日 Friday
- 08 10 重陽節 Friday
- 25 12 聖誕節 Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 27 12 聖誕節後第一個周日 Monday
| time zone | trading hours |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong (local) | 09:30–12:00, 13:00–16:00 |
| London | 02:30–05:00, 06:00–09:00 |
| New York | 21:30–00:00, 01:00–04:00 |
About HKEX trading hours
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange runs on Asia/Hong_Kong, currently UTC+8. Its regular session is 09:30–12:00, 13:00–16:00 in Hong Kong, 5.5 hours of continuous trading, interrupted by a midday recess (a common feature of Asian exchanges, where the morning and afternoon sessions are treated almost as two separate markets). 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.
Because the exchange keeps local time, its hours move when Hong Kong changes its clocks for daylight saving, and since not every financial centre shifts on the same date, the gap between HKEX and other exchanges wobbles by an hour for a few weeks each spring and autumn. The live panel at the top sidesteps all of that: it reads the current offset straight from the time-zone database, so OPEN, CLOSED and the countdown are always right to the second.
What is and is not modelled: the weekly schedule and the public holidays of Hong Kong SAR China, 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 HKEX 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 for 16 stock exchanges
- 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 HKEX trading hours?
09:30–12:00, 13:00–16:00 Hong Kong local time (UTC+8), Monday to Friday, 5.5 hours per trading day, split by a lunch break.
Is the HKEX open right now?
The status panel above updates live from Hong Kong's time zone and shows OPEN or CLOSED plus a countdown to the next bell. Public holidays in Hong Kong SAR China 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 HKEX use?
Asia/Hong_Kong (UTC+8 right now), so its hours shift with daylight saving in Hong Kong, the live panel always uses the current offset.
How many days a year is the HKEX closed for holidays?
27 public holidays in Hong Kong SAR China 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.