Dalian Commodity Exchange · DCE
Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) Trading Hours
Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) opens at 09:00 Beijing time on every trading day and closes the day session at 15:00; iron ore, coking coal, soybean meal, soybean oil, palm oil, corn, soybean No.1 and polypropylene reopen for a night session at 21:00 and close at 23:00.
What are DCE trading hours?
DCE day sessions run 09:00–11:30 and 13:30–15:00 Beijing time (with a 10:15–10:30 pause); night-traded products run 21:00–23:00.
- No further closures in 2026; the 2027 schedule follows the State Council holiday notice, usually published in November or December.
- Per-product windows are grouped below; use the live clock link above for current open/closed status.
Source: Futures Clock, reviewed 2026-10-20
What time does DCE open and close?
- The day session runs 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30 and 13:30–15:00; the 21:00–23:00 night session belongs to the next trading date and does not run on the evening before a holiday.
- Per-product hours are grouped below; the live status strip at the top of this page shows whether DCE is open right now.
Source: Futures Clock, reviewed 2026-10-20
Products & sessions
Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) lists 23 products, grouped by trading window (exchange local time, China Standard Time (UTC+8)):
Products marked ↗ have no Futures Clock page yet. Their sessions come from the Markets Open mainland snapshot (data version 2026.10.01-rc.1, product data of 2026-09-29) and each links to its Markets Open page; the live open/closed status above covers the 15 products with a Futures Clock page. Snapshot JSON ↗
Dalian Commodity Exchange hours in Beijing, UTC, London and New York time
| Products | Session | Local | Beijing / Singapore | UTC | London | New York |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Ore, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, No.1 Soybean, Coking Coal, Palm Oil, Corn, Polypropylene, PVC, Ethylene Glycol, Coke, LLDPE, Styrene, LPG, Soybean No.2, Corn starch, Japonica rice, Benzene | Day | 09:00–15:00 | 09:00–15:00 | 01:00–07:00 | W 01:00–07:00S 02:00–08:00 | W 20:00 (prev day)–02:00S 21:00 (prev day)–03:00 |
| Night | 21:00–23:00 | 21:00–23:00 | 13:00–15:00 | W 13:00–15:00S 14:00–16:00 | W 08:00–10:00S 09:00–11:00 | |
| Live Hogs, Egg, Fiberboard, Blockboard, Log | Day | 09:00–15:00 | 09:00–15:00 | 01:00–07:00 | W 01:00–07:00S 02:00–08:00 | W 20:00 (prev day)–02:00S 21:00 (prev day)–03:00 |
W / S = winter / summer offsets; values can differ by an hour during the weeks when regions switch DST on different dates.
As of 2026-09-30, across all 26 listed Dalian Commodity Exchange futures products: 6 on the specified-domestic-product route, 15 QFI-eligible, 6 on both, and 15 distinct products on either route. 0 QFI products are hedging-only. Options excluded; counts are independent of site detail coverage. Whole-market access registry and sources →
Holiday closures (2026)
- 2026-06-19Dragon Boat Festival closure
- 2026-06-22Dragon Boat Festival reopening — day session only
- 2026-09-25Mid-Autumn Festival closure
- 2026-09-28Mid-Autumn Festival reopening — day session only
- 2026-10-01 · 2026-10-02 · 2026-10-05 · 2026-10-06 · 2026-10-07National Day closure
- 2026-10-08National Day reopening — day session only
Day-by-day Dalian Commodity Exchange trading-day, closure and night-session answers: marketsopen.today ↗
FAQ
- What are Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) trading hours?
- Most DCE products trade Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00 (exchange local time); the full window-by-window breakdown is listed on this page.
- Is Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) open right now?
- Check the live timeline for the current open/closed status of each DCE product and the countdown to the next open or close.
- What products does Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) list?
- Dalian Commodity Exchange currently covers 23 products; their regular sessions are grouped by trading window below.
- Do DCE products trade overnight?
- 18 of the 23 covered DCE products have an overnight or cross-date session.
Sources & review coverage
Holiday data coverage: 2026-01-01–2026-12-31.
Latest related schedule / holiday source check: 2026-10-05; this is not a same-day review of every field. Individual source dates follow.
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