Is the LSE open right now? London trading hours
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) trades 08:00–16:30 London local time (UTC+1), Monday to Friday. That's 8.5 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 Europe session
LSE against the exchanges it shares a session with. Switch the filter to see every market on the same axis.
- LSELondon 08:00–16:30 · London local
- EuronextParis 09:00–17:30 · Paris local
- XetraFrankfurt 09:00–17:30 · Frankfurt local
- SIXZurich 09:00–17:30 · Zurich local
- MOEXMoscow 09:50–18:50 · Moscow local
- BorsaMilan 09:00–17:30 · Milan local
- BMEMadrid 09:00–17:30 · Madrid local
- AmsterdamAmsterdam 09:00–17:30 · Amsterdam local
- StockholmStockholm 09:00–17:30 · Stockholm local
- Oslo BørsOslo 09:00–16:20 · Oslo local
- WSEWarsaw 09:00–17:00 · Warsaw local
- BISTIstanbul 10:00–18:00 · Istanbul local
Live status loads with the page.
Days LSE is closed
Public holidays in United Kingdom. On these the board above shows LSE shut even though the weekly schedule would have it trading — which is the whole reason to check.
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- 01 01 New Year's Day Thursday
- 03 04 Good Friday Friday
- 06 04 Easter Monday Monday
- 04 05 Early May bank holiday Monday
- 25 05 Spring bank holiday Monday
- 25 12 Christmas Day Friday
- 26 12 Boxing Day Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 28 12 Boxing Day (substitute day) Monday
- 01 01 New Year's Day Friday
- 26 03 Good Friday Friday
- 29 03 Easter Monday Monday
- 03 05 Early May bank holiday Monday
- 31 05 Spring bank holiday Monday
- 25 12 Christmas Day Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 26 12 Boxing Day Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 27 12 Christmas Day (substitute day) Monday
- 28 12 Boxing Day (substitute day) Tuesday
| time zone | trading hours |
|---|---|
| London (local) | 08:00–16:30 |
| New York | 03:00–11:30 |
About LSE trading hours
The London Stock Exchange runs on Europe/London, currently UTC+1. Its regular session is 08:00–16:30 in London, 8.5 hours of continuous trading with no lunch break. 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 London changes its clocks for daylight saving, and since not every financial centre shifts on the same date, the gap between LSE 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 United Kingdom, 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 LSE 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 LSE trading hours?
08:00–16:30 London local time (UTC+1), Monday to Friday, 8.5 hours per trading day.
Is the LSE open right now?
The status panel above updates live from London's time zone and shows OPEN or CLOSED plus a countdown to the next bell. Public holidays in United Kingdom 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 LSE use?
Europe/London (UTC+1 right now), so its hours shift with daylight saving in London, the live panel always uses the current offset.
How many days a year is the LSE closed for holidays?
14 public holidays in United Kingdom 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.