Is the LSE open right now?, London Stock Exchange hours
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) trades 08:00–16:30 London local time (UTC+1), Monday to Friday. That's 8.5 hours a day. The live status above shows whether it's open this second and counts down to the next bell, in your own timezone.
| London (local) | 08:00–16:30 |
| New York | 03:00–11:30 |
About LSE trading hours
The London Stock Exchange runs on Europe/London, currently UTC+1. Its regular session is 08:00–16:30 in London, 8.5 hours of continuous trading with no lunch break. The table above translates those hours into London and New York time so you can see exactly when the bell rings from wherever you follow the market.
Because the exchange keeps local time, its hours move when London changes its clocks for daylight saving, and since not every financial centre shifts on the same date, the gap between LSE and other exchanges wobbles by an hour for a few weeks each spring and autumn. The live panel at the top sidesteps all of that: it reads the current offset straight from the time-zone database, so OPEN, CLOSED and the countdown are always right to the second.
One caveat: this tracker models the regular weekly schedule only. It does not know about public holidays, half-days or unscheduled halts, when the LSE may be closed even though the panel would otherwise show it inside trading hours. For anything time-critical, confirm against the exchange's official holiday calendar.
FAQ
What are the LSE trading hours?
08:00–16:30 London local time (UTC+1), Monday to Friday, 8.5 hours per trading day.
Is the LSE open right now?
The status panel above updates live from London's time zone and shows OPEN or CLOSED plus a countdown to the next open or close. Note: it does not account for exchange holidays.
What time zone does the LSE use?
Europe/London (UTC+1 right now), so its hours shift with daylight saving in London, the live panel always uses the current offset.