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CME Group/Chicago HQ
Main Switchboard
Local: 312-930-1000
Toll Free: 866-716-7274

 

Customer Service
Product inquiries, website issues, and specific questions
Phone: 312-930-2316
Toll Free: 800-331-3332
E-mail:
info@cmegroup.com

 

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Trading Hours
 
Trading Hours

Trading hours are in U.S. Central Time, the time in Chicago, where CME Group is headquartered, with one exception: hours for Eurozone HICP futures and options are in London time.  Click here to view the Holiday Calendar.

For a listing of closing range time periods for CME and CBOT products traded via open outcry, please click here.

 
 


Metals
Product Name
Open Outcry
Electronic Trading (Weekday)
Electronic Trading (Sunday)
CME ClearPort
NYMEX and COMEX Metals click for trading hours      
Gold Futures 08:20-13:30 ET (09:20-14:30 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)
E-Mini Gold Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)  
miNY Gold Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)
Silver Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)
E-Mini Silver Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)  
miNY Silver Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)
Platinum Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)
Palladium Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)
Asian Gold Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)
Asian Platinum Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)
Asian Palladium Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)
Copper Futures 08:10-13:00 ET (07:10-12:00 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)
Uranium Futures 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT)     18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)
E-mini Copper Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)  
HRC Steel Futures   18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT)  
For products traded solely via CME ClearPort Clearing, the hours are as follows: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. New York time/ET (5:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Chicago Time/CT) with a 45-minute break each day beginning at 5:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m. CT)