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. Regular exchange-local sessions: Copper (SHFE CU) 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 (INE BC) 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 (LME CA) 01:00–19:00 (London time); Copper (COMEX HG) 17:00 (prev day)–16:00 (US Central 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: Copper vs Copper, Copper vs Copper, Copper vs Copper.
- 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
SHFE CU, LME CA and COMEX HG: overlap on a date
Intersect electronic sessions within the civil day in your selected zone, keeping each exchange trade date. Covers SHFE electronic trading, LMEselect and CME Globex; excludes LME Ring and telephone trading. Overlapping hours do not establish liquidity or arbitrage opportunities.
An out-of-coverage date, provisional schedule or unapproved source makes that leg unknown. Unknown is not closed and cannot establish that there is no overlap.
Electronic mechanisms, sources and coverage
SHFE-CU · SHFE electronic
Reviewed instant range (start inclusive, end exclusive): 2026-07-21 16:00 UTC → 2026-12-14 16:00 UTC.
v1.9.16 · Built: 2026-11-11 (UTC).
- Trading — product trading hours ↗ · Retrieved 2026-07-20
- Trading Schedule during National Holidays for Year 2026 ↗ · Retrieved 2026-07-20
LME-CA · LMEselect
Reviewed instant range (start inclusive, end exclusive): 2026-01-03 00:00 UTC → 2027-12-29 00:00 UTC.
v1.9.16 · Built: 2026-11-11 (UTC).
- Trading venues and trading times ↗ · Retrieved 2026-07-20
- UK bank holidays — England and Wales 2026 ↗ · Retrieved 2026-07-21
- UK bank holidays — England and Wales 2027 ↗ · Retrieved 2026-10-06
COMEX-HG · CME Globex
Reviewed instant range (start inclusive, end exclusive): 2026-07-22 05:00 UTC → 2026-12-29 06:00 UTC.
v1.9.16 · Built: 2026-11-11 (UTC).
- Copper Futures Contract Specs ↗ · Retrieved 2026-08-11
- COMEX Gold futures contract information ↗ · Retrieved 2026-10-20
- CME Group Holiday Calendar 2026 (metals and energy) ↗ · Retrieved 2026-07-20
- CME Clearing holiday advisory: Thanksgiving 2026 ↗ · Retrieved 2026-09-29
Dates near coverage boundaries may be unknown when preceding night-session or holiday information is incomplete. Closure labels come from accepted notices; other gaps are described only as outside scheduled electronic sessions.
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.