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: Aluminum (SHFE AL) Day 09:00–15:00; Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day) Beijing time; Aluminium (LME AH) LMEselect winter 09:00–03:00 (+1 day) · summer 08:00–02:00 (+1 day) Beijing time.
- In exchange-local time: Aluminum 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 01:00–19:00 (London time).
- Overlap windows and one-sided hours are on the comparison pages: Aluminum vs Aluminium.
- Every session is checked against the exchange's official schedule (reviewed 2026-09-04); conversions use standard winter/summer offsets, and holiday early closes and closures are on the 2026 calendar.
Source: Futures Clock, reviewed 2026-09-04
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.