Commodity family · Copper
Copper futures trading hours: SHFE, INE, LME, COMEX 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 copper futures open and close?
Copper futures trade on 4 exchanges: Copper (SHFE CU) Day 09:00–15:00; Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day) Beijing time; Int’l Copper (INE BC) Day 09:00–15:00; Night 21:00–01:00 (+1 day) Beijing time; Copper (LME CA) LMEselect winter 09:00–03:00 (+1 day) · summer 08:00–02:00 (+1 day) Beijing time; Copper (COMEX HG) CME Globex winter 07:00–06:00 (+1 day) · summer 06:00–05:00 (+1 day) Beijing time.
- In exchange-local time: Copper 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)); Int’l Copper 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)); Copper 01:00–19:00 (London time); Copper 17:00 (prev day)–16:00 (US Central Time).
- Overlap windows and one-sided hours are on the comparison pages: Copper vs Copper, Copper vs Copper, Copper vs Copper.
- 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
Copper futures sessions by exchange
| Products | Session | Local | Beijing / Singapore | UTC | London | New York |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper · 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 | |
| Int’l Copper · INE | 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 | |
| Copper · 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 |
| Copper · COMEX | CME Globex | 17:00 (prev day)–16:00 | W 07:00–06:00 (+1 day)S 06:00–05:00 (+1 day) | W 23:00 (prev day)–22:00S 22:00 (prev day)–21:00 | 23:00 (prev day)–22:00 | 18:00 (prev day)–17:00 |
W / S = winter / summer offsets; values can differ by an hour during the weeks when regions switch DST on different dates.