What time do Chinese futures markets open?

Regular commodity day sessions run 09:00–11:30 and 13:30–15:00 Beijing time with a 10:15–10:30 pause; equity-index futures trade 09:30–11:30 and 13:00–15:00, bond futures 09:30–11:30 and 13:00–15:15.

When do China futures night sessions run?

Night sessions open at 21:00 Beijing time and close in three groups — 23:00 for most commodities, 01:00 for base metals, 02:30 for precious metals and crude. See the night-session guide for the full grouping.

Is there a night session on Friday?

Normally yes outside holiday exceptions: the 23:00 group closes on Friday, while the 01:00 and 02:30 groups close early Saturday. Night trading may be cancelled before holidays; check the dated calendar and exchange notices. There are no regular weekend day sessions.

What time do China futures markets close?

Day sessions close at 15:00 Beijing time (15:15 for treasury bond futures); night-traded products reopen at 21:00 and close in three groups — 23:00 for most commodities, 01:00 next day for base metals, 02:30 next day for gold, silver and crude.

China Futures Trading Hours: 74 Products

What time do China futures markets open and close each day?

China commodity futures normally trade day sessions 09:00–11:30 and 13:30–15:00 Beijing time (with a 10:15–10:30 pause); CFFEX equity index futures trade 09:30–11:30 and 13:00–15:00, treasury bond futures 09:30–11:30 and 13:00–15:15; night-traded products start at 21:00.

Night sessions end in three groups: 23:00 (most commodities), 01:00 next day (base metals) and 02:30 next day (precious metals and crude); GFEX and CFFEX products have no night session.
No further closures in 2026; the 2027 schedule follows the State Council holiday notice, usually published in November or December.
Per-product hours are tabulated below; the homepage timeline shows live open/closed status.

Source: Futures Clock, reviewed 2026-11-09

What are Shanghai Futures Exchange hours, and when does the gold night session end?

Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) trades day sessions 09:00–11:30 and 13:30–15:00 (with a 10:15–10:30 pause) and opens its night session at 21:00; gold and silver run to 02:30 next day, copper, aluminium, zinc, lead, nickel and tin to 01:00, rebar and rubber to 23:00 — all Beijing time.

SHFE gold (AU): day sessions 09:00–11:30 and 13:30–15:00, night session 21:00–02:30 next day; regular opens are 09:00 and 21:00, subject to dated holiday exceptions.
INE (Shanghai International Energy Exchange) shares the day sessions; crude oil runs its night session to 02:30 next day, international copper to 01:00, low-sulphur fuel oil and TSR 20 rubber to 23:00.
A night session before a holiday may be suspended, and the first returning trade date has no incoming night session; its civil evening follows the next trade date’s night-session schedule.

Source: Futures Clock, reviewed 2026-11-09

CFFEX（CFFEX）

CSI 300 Index (IF)	Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:00
SSE 50 Index (IH)	Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:00
CSI 500 Index (IC)	Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:00
CSI 1000 Index (IM)	Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:00
2-Year China Government Bond (TS)	Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:15
5-Year China Government Bond (TF)	Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:15
10-Year China Government Bond (T)	Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:15
30-Year China Government Bond (TL)	Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:15

SHFE（SHFE）

Copper (CU)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day)
Gold (AU)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–02:30 (+1 day)
Aluminum (AL)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day)
Steel Rebar (RB)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Zinc (ZN)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day)
Nickel (NI)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day)
Silver (AG)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–02:30 (+1 day)
Lead (PB)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day)
Tin (SN)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day)
Rubber (RU)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Fuel Oil (FU)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Hot-rolled Coil (HC)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Alumina (AO)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day)
Stainless Steel (SS)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day)
Cast Aluminium Alloy (AD)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day)
Butadiene Rubber (BR)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Bitumen (BU)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Softwood Pulp (SP)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00

DCE（DCE）

Iron Ore (I)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Soybean Meal (M)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Soybean Oil (Y)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
No.1 Soybean (A)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Coking Coal (JM)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Palm Oil (P)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Corn (C)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Polypropylene (PP)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
PVC (V)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Ethylene Glycol (EG)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Coke (J)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
LLDPE (L)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Styrene (EB)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
LPG (PG)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Live Hogs (LH)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Logs (LG)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Pure Benzene (BZ)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Egg (JD)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Corn Starch (CS)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00

CZCE（CZCE）

White Sugar (SR)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Cotton (CF)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
PTA (TA)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Methanol (MA)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Glass (FG)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Rapeseed Meal (RM)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Rapeseed Oil (OI)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Soda Ash (SA)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Urea (UR)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Caustic Soda (SH)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Paraxylene (PX)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Apples (AP)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Ferrosilicon (SF)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Silicomanganese (SM)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Polyester Staple Fibre (PF)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Bottle-grade PET Chips (PR)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Propylene (PL)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Peanuts (PK)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Jujubes (CJ)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00

INE（INE）

Crude Oil (SC)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–02:30 (+1 day)
Low-Sulfur Fuel Oil (LU)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
TSR 20 Rubber (NR)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00
Int’l Copper (BC)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day)
Container Freight (Europe) (EC)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00

GFEX（GFEX）

Industrial Silicon (SI)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Lithium Carbonate (LC)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Polysilicon (PS)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Platinum (PT)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00
Palladium (PD)	Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00

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FAQ

What time do Chinese futures markets open?: Regular commodity day sessions run 09:00–11:30 and 13:30–15:00 Beijing time with a 10:15–10:30 pause; equity-index futures trade 09:30–11:30 and 13:00–15:00, bond futures 09:30–11:30 and 13:00–15:15.
When do China futures night sessions run?: Night sessions open at 21:00 Beijing time and close in three groups — 23:00 for most commodities, 01:00 for base metals, 02:30 for precious metals and crude. See the night-session guide for the full grouping.
Is there a night session on Friday?: Normally yes outside holiday exceptions: the 23:00 group closes on Friday, while the 01:00 and 02:30 groups close early Saturday. Night trading may be cancelled before holidays; check the dated calendar and exchange notices. There are no regular weekend day sessions.
What time do China futures markets close?: Day sessions close at 15:00 Beijing time (15:15 for treasury bond futures); night-traded products reopen at 21:00 and close in three groups — 23:00 for most commodities, 01:00 next day for base metals, 02:30 next day for gold, silver and crude.