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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.

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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

ProductsSessionLocalBeijing / SingaporeUTCLondonNew York
Copper · SHFEDay09:00–15:0009:00–15:0001:00–07:00W 01:00–07:00S 02:00–08:00W 20:00 (prev day)–02:00S 21:00 (prev day)–03:00
Night21:00–01:00 (+1 day)21:00–01:00 (+1 day)13:00–17:00W 13:00–17:00S 14:00–18:00W 08:00–12:00S 09:00–13:00
Int’l Copper · INEDay09:00–15:0009:00–15:0001:00–07:00W 01:00–07:00S 02:00–08:00W 20:00 (prev day)–02:00S 21:00 (prev day)–03:00
Night21:00–01:00 (+1 day)21:00–01:00 (+1 day)13:00–17:00W 13:00–17:00S 14:00–18:00W 08:00–12:00S 09:00–13:00
Copper · LMELMEselect01:00–19:00W 09:00–03:00 (+1 day)S 08:00–02:00 (+1 day)W 01:00–19:00S 00:00–18:0001:00–19:0020:00 (prev day)–14:00
Copper · COMEXCME Globex17:00 (prev day)–16:00W 07:00–06:00 (+1 day)S 06:00–05:00 (+1 day)W 23:00 (prev day)–22:00S 22:00 (prev day)–21:0023:00 (prev day)–22:0018:00 (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.

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