Commodity family · Hot-rolled coil
Hot-rolled coil 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 hot-rolled coil futures open and close?
Hot-rolled coil futures trade on 2 exchanges. Regular exchange-local sessions: Hot-rolled Coil (SHFE HC) Day 09:00–10:15, 10:30–11:30, 13:30–15:00 · Night 21:00–23:00 (China Standard Time (UTC+8)); Steel HRC Shanghai (LME HS) 01:00–19:00 (London 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: Hot-rolled Coil vs Steel HRC Shanghai.
- 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 2026-10-26
Hot-rolled coil futures sessions by exchange
| Products | Session | Local | Beijing / Singapore | UTC | London | New York |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot-rolled Coil · 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 | 21:00–23:00 | 21:00–23:00 | 13:00–15:00 | W 13:00–15:00S 14:00–16:00 | W 08:00–10:00S 09:00–11:00 | |
| Steel HRC Shanghai · 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.