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Stock market hours in every US and Canadian time zone

The US stock market trades 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. That's 6:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pacific, 7:30 to 2:00 Mountain and 8:30 to 3:00 Central. Here's every US and Canadian zone, and the few places where it shifts in winter.

Beginner guide · 6-minute read · Updated 2026-11-10

The short answer

The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq trade 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday to Friday. The TSX in Toronto keeps the same hours.

Most of the US and Canada change clocks on the same Sundays as New York. So for most people, the times below are the same all year.

Source for the session times: nyse.com.

Places that don't change their clocks

A few places stay on one time all year. New York moves an hour twice a year, so for them the market hours shift: one set from March to November, another from November to March.

The Navajo Nation in Arizona does change its clocks, so it follows the Mountain row in the first table.

British Columbia: the province has looked at staying on one time all year, and I couldn't confirm its current rule. If your clock didn't go back an hour in November, your hours match the Yukon row. If it did, use the Pacific row. Your phone's clock is the final word.

For cities outside North America, see US market hours in your time zone.

The other times worth converting

The open and close aren't the only times that matter. Big news comes out on New York time too.

If you're on the West Coast, the big reports land before 6:00 a.m. That's why so many Pacific traders start their day in the dark. For the dates of those reports, see the full 2027 economic calendar.

Before the open and after the close

Most brokers also let you trade in an early-morning session and an evening session. These are called Pre-market and after-hours.

Two things to know:

• Your broker sets the window, not the exchange. Check its help page for the exact times.
• Fewer people trade then. Prices jump more, and the gap between the buy and sell price is wider. A plain Market order can fill far from the last price. Use a Limit order.

Days the market is closed or closes early

The hours above apply on normal trading days. The market is shut on about ten holidays a year and closes at 1:00 p.m. ET on a few short days. See stock market holidays 2027, or type a date into is the stock market open today.

If you trade both Canadian and US stocks, the two markets close on different holidays. See TSX vs NYSE holidays.

A worked example: the close that came early

This is a worked example (hypothetical, made-up company and round numbers).

Sam lives in Los Angeles. He holds 100 shares of Redwood Labs at $40. He wants out before the weekend. At 2:15 p.m. his time, he goes to sell "before the close".

But the market closed at 1:00 p.m. Pacific. Depending on his broker, his order is rejected or waits for Monday's open. Over the weekend the company shares bad news. Monday it opens at $38.

He lost $200 on a mix-up between 4:00 Eastern and 4:00 his time. The fix: learn your own close once. On the West Coast it's 1:00 p.m. Set a reminder for 12:30.

The market hours clock reads your device's time zone and shows which markets are open right now.

Why it moves twice a year

Most countries that change their clocks do it on different dates, and plenty don't change them at all. That is the whole reason this is confusing.

- The US goes forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November. - Europe and the UK go forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October. - The Gulf, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and most of Africa never change at all. - Australia changes in the opposite direction, because its seasons are flipped.

For a city that never changes its clocks, the US session simply slides an hour earlier for the summer and an hour later for the winter. That is why Dubai sees two different rows above.

For London and Europe the two columns match — but only most of the year. Because the US switches two to three weeks before Europe in spring, and a week after it in autumn, there are two short windows each year when the gap is four hours instead of five. In those weeks London sees the open at 1:30 p.m. instead of 2:30 p.m. It catches people out every single time.

If the open lands in your night

Plenty of people trade the US market from the other side of the world. The honest options, in order of how much sleep they cost:

1. Trade the first hour only. The open is the busiest part of the session. One focused hour beats six tired ones — see the first hour. 2. Use resting orders. A Limit order you set during your own day works while you sleep. So does a Stop loss. You do not have to be watching. 3. Trade your own session instead. Forex runs around the clock, and Asian and European hours have their own activity — see the Asian session and the London session. 4. Pick slower strategies. Anything you hold for weeks cares much less about what minute you clicked.

What does not work is setting an alarm for 3:00 a.m. twice a week and expecting to think clearly. Tiredness and money decisions are a poor mix.

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