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Around the clock

Who’s trading right now

Money never really sleeps — it just changes time zones. Your day on one dial: midnight at the top, one ring per exchange, the amber hand is now.

A 24-hour dial in your local time with one ring per stock exchange; highlighted arcs are sessions trading now. ASX TSE SSE HKEX NSE JSE XETR LSE NYSE
Your time --:-- — open
Next opening bell —
Your timezone —
  • ASX Sydney 10:00–16:00 —
  • TSE Tokyo 09:00–15:30 —
  • SSE Shanghai 09:30–15:00 —
  • HKEX Hong Kong 09:30–16:00 —
  • NSE Mumbai 09:15–15:30 —
  • JSE Johannesburg 09:00–17:00 —
  • XETR Frankfurt 09:00–17:30 —
  • LSE London 08:00–16:30 —
  • NYSE New York 09:30–16:00 —

Regular cash sessions only, hours in each exchange’s local time. Pre-market, after-hours and public holidays aren’t shown — check the exchange calendar before you plan a trade around it.

Tickers & earnings

On the trading floor

Boardrooms & balance sheets

Business

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House rules

Rules that outlast the headlines

Rules of thumb for everyday savers, not personal advice.

  • R.01

    Pay yourself first

    Automate the transfer to savings for payday morning, so the decision is made before temptation shows up.

  • R.02

    Know your doubling time

    Divide 72 by the annual return. At 8%, money doubles in about nine years; at 2%, it takes thirty-six.

  • R.03

    Fees are a return, too

    Every percent you pay in charges is a percent the market has to earn back before you see a cent.

  • R.04

    Cash before courage

    Hold three to six months of spending in cash. It is what lets you stay invested when markets wobble.

  • R.05

    Own the haystack

    Picking the winning needle is hard. A broad fund owns the whole haystack and the needle with it.

  • R.06

    Kill expensive debt

    Clearing a card charging 22% beats almost any investment on offer — and the return is guaranteed.

  • R.07

    Time in, not timing

    Missing a handful of the market’s best days can halve long-run returns. They tend to arrive in the scariest weeks.

  • R.08

    Rebalance on a calendar

    Once a year, sell a little of what ran ahead and buy what lagged. Rules beat moods.

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