Commodity family · Equity index
Equity index futures trading hours: CFFEX, CME, EUREX 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 equity index futures open and close?
Equity index futures trade on 3 exchanges: CSI 300 Index (CFFEX IF) Day 09:30–15:00 Beijing time; SSE 50 Index (CFFEX IH) Day 09:30–15:00 Beijing time; CSI 500 Index (CFFEX IC) Day 09:30–15:00 Beijing time; CSI 1000 Index (CFFEX IM) Day 09:30–15:00 Beijing time; E-mini S&P 500 (CME ES) CME Globex winter 07:00–06:00 (+1 day) · summer 06:00–05:00 (+1 day) Beijing time; Micro E-mini S&P 500 (CME MES) CME Globex winter 07:00–06:00 (+1 day) · summer 06:00–05:00 (+1 day) Beijing time; E-mini Nasdaq-100 (CME NQ) CME Globex winter 07:00–06:00 (+1 day) · summer 06:00–05:00 (+1 day) Beijing time; Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 (CME MNQ) CME Globex winter 07:00–06:00 (+1 day) · summer 06:00–05:00 (+1 day) Beijing time; EURO STOXX 50 Index (EUREX FESX) Continuous trading winter 08:10–05:00 (+1 day) · summer 08:10–04:00 (+1 day) Beijing time; DAX Index (EUREX FDAX) Continuous trading winter 08:10–05:00 (+1 day) · summer 08:10–04:00 (+1 day) Beijing time; Mini-DAX Index (EUREX FDXM) Continuous trading winter 08:10–05:00 (+1 day) · summer 08:10–04:00 (+1 day) Beijing time; Micro-DAX Index (EUREX FDXS) Continuous trading winter 08:10–05:00 (+1 day) · summer 08:10–04:00 (+1 day) Beijing time.
- In exchange-local time: CSI 300 Index Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:00 (China Standard Time (UTC+8)); SSE 50 Index Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:00 (China Standard Time (UTC+8)); CSI 500 Index Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:00 (China Standard Time (UTC+8)); CSI 1000 Index Day 09:30–11:30, 13:00–15:00 (China Standard Time (UTC+8)); E-mini S&P 500 17:00 (prev day)–16:00 (US Central Time); Micro E-mini S&P 500 17:00 (prev day)–16:00 (US Central Time); E-mini Nasdaq-100 17:00 (prev day)–16:00 (US Central Time); Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 17:00 (prev day)–16:00 (US Central Time); EURO STOXX 50 Index 01:10–22:00 (winter) · 02:10–22:00 (summer) (Central European Time (CET/CEST)); DAX Index 01:10–22:00 (winter) · 02:10–22:00 (summer) (Central European Time (CET/CEST)); Mini-DAX Index 01:10–22:00 (winter) · 02:10–22:00 (summer) (Central European Time (CET/CEST)); Micro-DAX Index 01:10–22:00 (winter) · 02:10–22:00 (summer) (Central European Time (CET/CEST)).
- Overlap windows and one-sided hours are on the comparison pages: CSI 300 Index vs E-mini S&P 500, E-mini S&P 500 vs EURO STOXX 50 Index, E-mini S&P 500 vs DAX Index, E-mini Nasdaq-100 vs DAX Index, Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 vs Micro-DAX Index, SSE 50 Index vs EURO STOXX 50 Index.
- 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
Equity index futures sessions by exchange
| Products | Session | Local | Beijing / Singapore | UTC | London | New York |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSI 300 Index, SSE 50 Index, CSI 500 Index, CSI 1000 Index · CFFEX | Day | 09:30–15:00 | 09:30–15:00 | 01:30–07:00 | W 01:30–07:00S 02:30–08:00 | W 20:30 (prev day)–02:00S 21:30 (prev day)–03:00 |
| E-mini S&P 500, Micro E-mini S&P 500, E-mini Nasdaq-100, Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 · CME | 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 |
| EURO STOXX 50 Index, DAX Index, Mini-DAX Index, Micro-DAX Index · EUREX | Continuous trading | W 01:10–22:00S 02:10–22:00 | W 08:10–05:00 (+1 day)S 08:10–04:00 (+1 day) | W 00:10–21:00S 00:10–20:00 | W 00:10–21:00S 01:10–21:00 | W 19:10 (prev day)–16:00S 20:10 (prev day)–16:00 |
W / S = winter / summer offsets; values can differ by an hour during the weeks when regions switch DST on different dates.