When do gold and oil trade?
Both trade almost around the clock, from Sunday evening to Friday evening New York time.
Right now the market is closed. It reopens at , your time.
The weekly pattern
- Opens Sunday at 6pm New York time.
- Closes Friday at 5pm New York time.
- Pauses for one hour each weekday, from 5pm to 6pm New York time.
Trading may also stop early around major holidays, which this site does not track.
The busiest hours
Gold and Brent are most active when London and New York are both open, from 8am to noon New York time. Most big US data lands at 8:30am or 10am New York time, and the weekly US oil stocks report lands at 10:30am on Wednesdays.
Why "today" starts at 5pm
This site's day runs from 5pm to 5pm New York time for both markets, and the daily change uses the price at 5pm. Exact trading times vary a little between gold and Brent.