See at a glance which of the world's 8 main forex trading centres - Wellington, Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Frankfurt, London and New York - are in session right now, with a live countdown to the next open or close. Weekends, each centre's public holidays and daylight saving time are handled automatically, and every session is also shown in your own local time.
The forex market is open - the trading week ends in 2 d 21:16:45. 2 of 8 centres are in session.
| Trading centre | Status | Next change | Local hours | In your time | Next holiday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | Open | Closes in 05:16:45 | 08:00–17:00 | — | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Sydney | Open | Closes in 06:16:45 | 07:00–16:00 | — | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Tokyo | Holiday | Opens in 1 d 00:16:45 | 09:00–18:00 | — | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Hong Kong | Closed | Opens in 01:16:45 | 09:00–17:00 | — | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Singapore | Closed | Opens in 01:16:45 | 09:00–17:00 | — | Nov 9, 2026 |
| Frankfurt | Closed | Opens in 06:16:45 | 08:00–17:00 | — | Dec 25, 2026 |
| London | Closed | Opens in 07:16:45 | 08:00–17:00 | — | Dec 25, 2026 |
| New York | Closed | Opens in 12:16:45 | 08:00–17:00 | — | Oct 12, 2026 |
Session hours are the usual local business hours of each centre. Holidays: main official public/bank holidays up to Dec 31, 2027. Always check your broker's trading schedule.
The forex market has no single exchange: currencies are traded between banks and brokers around the world, 24 hours a day, from Sunday 17:00 to Friday 17:00 New York time. What moves during that week is where the trading happens. Each financial centre has a "session" - the usual local business hours of its banks' trading desks. This tool uses these local session hours:
A centre is shown as open only if the global forex week is open, it is a weekday there, it is not a public or bank holiday there, and the local time is inside its session. Because every centre is tied to its official time zone, summer-time changes (which happen on different dates in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, and not at all in Asia) are applied automatically.
The countdown shows how long until the centre's next change - "opens in" or "closes in". Holidays come from official government holiday lists for each centre (a weekday holiday closes that centre for the whole day). Session hours are a convention: your broker may use slightly different times, and liquidity is often thin on the days around Christmas and New Year even where there is no official holiday.
Take Tuesday, 22 September 2026, at 15:00 UTC (17:00 in Berlin). London (16:00 local) and New York (11:00 local) are both open - this London-New York overlap is usually the busiest part of the forex day. Frankfurt has just closed for the day at 17:00 local time. Tokyo is closed all day even though it is a weekday, because 22 September 2026 is a Japanese public holiday (part of the "Silver Week" holidays). Hong Kong and Singapore are closed until 09:00 local time the next morning, and Sydney opens next at 07:00 local time - 21:00 UTC the same evening.
Yes, from Sunday evening to Friday evening New York time. Because the main trading centres are spread across time zones, at almost any hour of the working week at least one of them is in session. The market closes only for the weekend.
Liquidity and price movement are usually highest when two big sessions overlap - above all London and New York, which overlap from about 08:00 to 12:00 New York time (13:00 to 17:00 London time). The quietest hours are usually late in the New York afternoon, before Asia opens.
Session times are a convention, not an official rule, and brokers define them slightly differently. Many brokers also show times in their own server time zone. Always check your broker's own trading schedule, especially around holidays.
The main public and bank holidays of each centre's country or state, taken from official government lists: the US federal holidays for New York, England and Wales bank holidays for London, Hesse holidays for Frankfurt, Japanese national and bank holidays for Tokyo, and the official lists for Hong Kong, Singapore, New South Wales (Sydney) and New Zealand (Wellington). The current data covers 2026 and 2027.
Yes. Each centre is linked to its official time zone, so summer-time changes in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand are applied automatically on the right dates. Asian centres such as Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore do not use summer time, so their sessions shift relative to Europe twice a year.
For information only. Not financial or tax advice.