Trading times and dates

LMEselect: 01.00 - 19.00 (London time)
Ring trading: 11.40 - 17.00 (London time)
Inter-office telephone trading: 24 hours

First session (UK)

Steel Billet 11:40-11:45
Aluminium Alloy and NASAAC 11:45-11:50
Tin 11:50-11:55
Primary Aluminium 11:55-12:00
Copper 12:00-12:05
Lead 12:05-12:10
Zinc 12:10-12:15
Nickel 12:15-12:20
Cobalt and Molybdenum 12:20-12:25
Interval 12:25-12:30
Copper 12:30-12:35
Aluminium Alloy and NASAAC 12:35-12:40
Tin 12:40-12:45
Lead 12:45-12:50
Zinc 12:50-12:55
Primary Aluminium 12:55-13:00
Nickel 13:00-13:05
Steel Billet 13:05-13:10
Interval 13:10-13:20
Kerb trading 13:20-14:45
Interval 14:45-14:55

Second session (UK)

Aluminium Alloy and NASAAC 14:55-15:00
Lead 15:00-15:05
Zinc 15:05-15:10
Copper 15:10-15:15
Primary Aluminium 15:15-15:20
Tin 15:20-15:25
Nickel 15:25-15:30
Steel Billet 15:30-15:35
Interval 15:35-15:40
Lead 15:40-15:45
Zinc 15:45-15:50
Copper 15:50-15:55
Primary Aluminium 15:55-16:00
Tin 16:00-16:05
Nickel 16:05-16:10
Aluminium Alloy and NASAAC 16:10-16:15
Kerb trading 16:15-17:00

Note:

16.35 - Tin ceases trading
16.40 - Lead and Steel Billet cease trading
16.45 - Nickel and Cobalt cease trading
16.50 - Zinc ceases trading
16.55 - Copper and Molybdenum cease trading
17.00 - Primary Aluminium, Aluminium Alloy and NASAAC cease trading

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11 December 2012
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30 November 2012
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30 November 2010
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30 November 2009
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30 November 2008
2008-2013 LME Trading Calendar - PDF - 86.7 KB

30 November 2007
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30 November 2006
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30 November 2005

Exchange holidays

	Dates		Substituted 3 month Prompt dates
Christmas Day	Tues	25 Dec 12	Mon	24 Dec 12
Boxing Day	Wed	26 Dec 12	Thur	27 Dec 12
New Year’s Day	Tues	1 Jan 13	Wed	2 Jan 13
Good Friday	Fri	29 Mar 13	N/A	N/A
Easter Monday	Mon	1 Apr 13	N/A	N/A
Early May Bank Holiday	Mon	6 May 13	Tues	7 May 13
Spring Bank Holiday	Mon	27 May 13	Tues	28 May 13
Summer Bank Holiday	Mon	26 Aug 13	N/A	N/A
Christmas Day	Wed	25 Dec 13	Tues	24 Dec 13
Boxing Day	Thurs	26 Dec 13	Fri	27 Dec 13
New Year’s Day	Wed	1 Jan 14	Thurs	2 Jan 14

Please note that on Monday 24 December 2012 and Monday 31 December 2012 the Ring will close at 14.00 hours after Kerb 1 with LMEselect operating until 16.00 hours.

On both these days LMEsmart will close at 17.00 hours for member trade input.

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