How Long Is the Stock Market Open Each Day?

The US stock market is open for 6 hours and 30 minutes each trading day. Regular hours run from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

That might seem short compared to a regular workday, but a lot happens in those 6.5 hours. Billions of dollars change hands every single day on the NYSE and NASDAQ.

If you count pre-market and after-hours trading, the total window is much longer:

• Pre-market: 4:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET (5.5 hours)
• Regular: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM ET (6.5 hours)
• After-hours: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET (4 hours)

That's a total of 16 hours where you could technically trade US stocks on a given day. But the vast majority of trading activity happens during regular hours.

The US stock market is open about 252 trading days per year. That's 365 days minus weekends (104 days) minus about 9 market holidays.

So in total, the regular US stock market is open for roughly 1,638 hours per year (252 days × 6.5 hours).

Different exchanges around the world have different hours:

• London (LSE): 8.5 hours (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM London time)
• Tokyo (TSE): 5 hours with a lunch break (9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Tokyo time, closed 11:30 – 12:30)
• Hong Kong (HKEX): 5.5 hours with a lunch break
• Forex (currency) markets: 24 hours a day, 5 days a week
• Crypto markets: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

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