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What time does Forex Market open in Australia

The Forex market can be split into three main regions: Australia, Asia, Europe and North America. Within each of these main areas there are several major financial centers. For example, Europe is comprised of major centers like London, Paris, Frankfurt and Zurich. Banks, institutions and dealers all conduct Forex trading for themselves and their clients in each of these markets.

However, the markets in each country generally open at 8:00 AM and close at 4:00 PM in the time zone of the respective market. Holidays not included.

If you need to know the exact times that the markets open and close, you have to take time zones into consideration. It is very simple when expressed in UTC. This is Universal Coordinated Time, formerly known as Greenwich Mean Time – GMT.

Market Sydney Tokyo Hong Kong Moscow Frankfurt London New York Chicago LA
Time Zone AEST JST WST EET WET UTC/GMT EST CST PST
Asian Open
11:00 09:00 08:00 03:00 01:00 00:00 19:00 18:00 16:00

The hours times that the Forex markets open and close in Australia:

  • Sydney: 10:00 pm to 7:00 am GMT
  • In GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

  • Sydney: 5:00 pm to 2:00 am EST
  • In EST (Eastern Standard Time (North America)

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