Commodity family · Aluminium
Aluminium futures trading hours: SHFE, LME side by side
The same commodity on every exchange it trades on, one table: each row in exchange-local time and converted to Beijing, UTC, London and New York. The strip shows which are open right now.
What time do aluminium futures open and close?
Aluminium futures trade on 2 exchanges. Regular exchange-local sessions: Aluminum (SHFE AL) Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day) (China Standard Time (UTC+8)); Aluminium (LME AH) 01:00–19:00 (London time).
- The table below converts these sessions to Beijing, UTC, London and New York time, with separate winter and summer schedules where needed.
- Overlap windows and one-sided hours are on the comparison pages: Aluminum vs Aluminium.
- Each product page lists its official sources and review dates. Conversions distinguish winter and summer time; use the holiday calendar for early closes and full-day closures.
Source: Futures Clock, reviewed 2026-11-09
Aluminium futures sessions by exchange
| Products | Session | Local | Beijing / Singapore | UTC | London | New York |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum · SHFE | 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 | 21:00–01:00 (+1 day) | 21:00–01:00 (+1 day) | 13:00–17:00 | W 13:00–17:00S 14:00–18:00 | W 08:00–12:00S 09:00–13:00 | |
| Aluminium · LME | LMEselect | 01:00–19:00 | W 09:00–03:00 (+1 day)S 08:00–02:00 (+1 day) | W 01:00–19:00S 00:00–18:00 | 01:00–19:00 | 20:00 (prev day)–14:00 |
W / S = winter / summer offsets; values can differ by an hour during the weeks when regions switch DST on different dates.