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Trading times

Inter-office telephone trading - available 24 hours a day.

LMEselect - available from 01.00 - 19.00 (London time).

Ring trading - available from 11.40 - 17.00 (London time). Times as follows:

First Session  
Steel 11.40 to 11.45
Aluminium Alloy & NASAAC 11.45 to 11.50
Tin 11.50 to 11.55
Primary Aluminium 11.55 to 12.00
Copper 12.00 to 12.05
Lead 12.05 to 12.10
Zinc 12.10 to 12.15
Nickel 12.15 to 12.20
Cobalt and Molybdenum 12.20 to 12.25
Interval 12.25 to 12.30
Copper 12.30 to 12.35
Aluminium Alloy & NASAAC 12.35 to 12.40
Tin 12.40 to 12.45
Lead 12.45 to 12.50
Zinc 12.50 to 12.55
Primary Aluminium 12.55 to 13.00
Nickel 13.00 to 13.05
Steel 13.05 to 13.10

Interval

 13.10 to 13.20
Kerb Trading 13.20 to 14.45
Interval 14.45 to 14.55
Second Session
Aluminium Alloy & NASAAC 14.55 to 15.00
Lead 15.00 to 15.05
Zinc 15.05 to 15.10
Copper 15.10 to 15.15
Primary Aluminium 15.15 to 15.20
Tin 15.20 to 15.25
Nickel 15.25 to 15.30
Steel 15.30 to 15.35
Interval  15.35 to 15.40
Lead 15.40 to 15.45
Zinc 15.45 to 15.50
Copper 15.50 to 15.55
Primary Aluminium 15.55 to 16.00
Tin 16.00 to 16.05
Nickel 16.05 to 16.10
Aluminium Alloy & NASAAC 16.10 to 16.15
Kerb Trading 16.15 to 17.00*

Note:

*
16.35 - Tin ceases trading
16.40 - Lead and Steel 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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