London Metal Exchange Trading Hours
Lmeselect electronic the ring open outcry and the 24 hour telephone market.
London metal exchange trading hours. Does the london metal exchange close for lunch. 01 00 19 00 trading for lmeprecious continues until 20 00 london time ring trading. Exchanges sometimes close multiple days for a holiday or have modified hours instead of fully closing. There are several exchanges that are only open 4 days per week due to low demand and few listed companies.
11 40 17 00 london time inter office telephone trading. Continuous trading begins at 1 00 am and continues all day until the closing bell at 8 00 pm. 01 00 19 00 trading for lmeprecious continues until 20 00 london time ring trading. Trading times and dates.
The london metal exchange is open 19 hours per day which is above average. The london metal exchange does not close for lunch. Each lme metal could have as many as 200 tradeable dates. Lme futures contract trade daily out to three months weekly out to six months and monthly up to 123 months in the future depending on the metal.
For example if christmas day falls on a weekend many stock exchanges will close on the friday before or the monday after. The london metal exchange lme is the world centre for industrial metals trading. 11 40 17 00 london time inter office telephone trading. The london metal exchange is open five days per week for 19 hours per day and is closed for eight holidays in 2020.
Most stock exchanges are open 25 to 35 hours per week with 5 days of trading per week. Most of the world s non ferrous metals business is conducted on our three trading platforms.