Which futures trade at night until 01:00?

Copper, Aluminium, Zinc, Lead, Nickel, Tin, Alumina, Cast aluminium alloy, Stainless steel, International copper

Which futures trade at night until 23:00?

Rebar, Hot-rolled coil, Fuel oil, Bitumen, Natural rubber, Butadiene rubber, Bleached softwood kraft pulp, Offset printing paper, Low-sulphur fuel oil, TSR 20 rubber, No. 1 soybeans, No. 2 soybeans, Soybean meal, Soybean oil, Palm olein, Corn, Corn starch, Japonica rice, Iron ore, Coke, Coking coal, LLDPE, PVC, Polypropylene, Ethylene glycol, Styrene, LPG, Pure benzene, Cotton, Cotton yarn, White sugar, Rapeseed oil, Rapeseed meal, PTA, Methanol, Flat glass, Soda ash, Polyester staple fibre, Paraxylene, Caustic soda, PET bottle chips, Propylene, Thermal coal

NIGHT SESSIONS

Which futures trade at night, and until when.

Night sessions start at 21:00 Beijing time and end at 02:30 (gold, silver, crude oil), 01:00 (base metals, stainless steel) or 23:00 (most other commodities). No night session on the last trading day before a holiday.
Beijing time · published exchange hours. Live status: FuturesClock ↗

Until 02:30 (next day)

3 products

Product	Code	Exchange	Night session
Gold	`au`	SHFE	21:00–02:30 (next day)
Silver	`ag`	SHFE	21:00–02:30 (next day)
Crude oil	`sc`	INE	21:00–02:30 (next day)

Until 01:00 (next day)

10 products

Product	Code	Exchange	Night session
Copper	`cu`	SHFE	21:00–01:00 (next day)
Aluminium	`al`	SHFE	21:00–01:00 (next day)
Zinc	`zn`	SHFE	21:00–01:00 (next day)
Lead	`pb`	SHFE	21:00–01:00 (next day)
Nickel	`ni`	SHFE	21:00–01:00 (next day)
Tin	`sn`	SHFE	21:00–01:00 (next day)
Alumina	`ao`	SHFE	21:00–01:00 (next day)
Cast aluminium alloy	`ad`	SHFE	21:00–01:00 (next day)
Stainless steel	`ss`	SHFE	21:00–01:00 (next day)
International copper	`bc`	INE	21:00–01:00 (next day)

Until 23:00

43 products

Product	Code	Exchange	Night session
Rebar	`rb`	SHFE	21:00–23:00
Hot-rolled coil	`hc`	SHFE	21:00–23:00
Fuel oil	`fu`	SHFE	21:00–23:00
Bitumen	`bu`	SHFE	21:00–23:00
Natural rubber	`ru`	SHFE	21:00–23:00
Butadiene rubber	`br`	SHFE	21:00–23:00
Bleached softwood kraft pulp	`sp`	SHFE	21:00–23:00
Offset printing paper	`op`	SHFE	21:00–23:00
Low-sulphur fuel oil	`lu`	INE	21:00–23:00
TSR 20 rubber	`nr`	INE	21:00–23:00
No. 1 soybeans	`a`	DCE	21:00–23:00
No. 2 soybeans	`b`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Soybean meal	`m`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Soybean oil	`y`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Palm olein	`p`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Corn	`c`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Corn starch	`cs`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Japonica rice	`rr`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Iron ore	`i`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Coke	`j`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Coking coal	`jm`	DCE	21:00–23:00
LLDPE	`l`	DCE	21:00–23:00
PVC	`v`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Polypropylene	`pp`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Ethylene glycol	`eg`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Styrene	`eb`	DCE	21:00–23:00
LPG	`pg`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Pure benzene	`bz`	DCE	21:00–23:00
Cotton	`CF`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
Cotton yarn	`CY`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
White sugar	`SR`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
Rapeseed oil	`OI`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
Rapeseed meal	`RM`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
PTA	`TA`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
Methanol	`MA`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
Flat glass	`FG`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
Soda ash	`SA`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
Polyester staple fibre	`PF`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
Paraxylene	`PX`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
Caustic soda	`SH`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
PET bottle chips	`PR`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
Propylene	`PL`	CZCE	21:00–23:00
Thermal coal	`ZC`	CZCE	21:00–23:00

No night session

32 products

Product	Code	Exchange	Night session
Wire rod	`wr`	SHFE	No night session
Container freight index (Europe)	`ec`	INE	No night session
Eggs	`jd`	DCE	No night session
Live hogs	`lh`	DCE	No night session
Fibreboard	`fb`	DCE	No night session
Plywood	`bb`	DCE	No night session
Logs	`lg`	DCE	No night session
Strong gluten wheat	`WH`	CZCE	No night session
Common wheat	`PM`	CZCE	No night session
Early indica rice	`RI`	CZCE	No night session
Late indica rice	`LR`	CZCE	No night session
Japonica paddy	`JR`	CZCE	No night session
Rapeseed	`RS`	CZCE	No night session
Apples	`AP`	CZCE	No night session
Red dates	`CJ`	CZCE	No night session
Peanut kernels	`PK`	CZCE	No night session
Urea	`UR`	CZCE	No night session
Ferrosilicon	`SF`	CZCE	No night session
Silicomanganese	`SM`	CZCE	No night session
Industrial silicon	`si`	GFEX	No night session
Lithium carbonate	`lc`	GFEX	No night session
Polysilicon	`ps`	GFEX	No night session
Platinum	`pt`	GFEX	No night session
Palladium	`pd`	GFEX	No night session
CSI 300 index futures	`IF`	CFFEX	No night session
SSE 50 index futures	`IH`	CFFEX	No night session
CSI 500 index futures	`IC`	CFFEX	No night session
CSI 1000 index futures	`IM`	CFFEX	No night session
2-year treasury bond futures	`TS`	CFFEX	No night session
5-year treasury bond futures	`TF`	CFFEX	No night session
10-year treasury bond futures	`T`	CFFEX	No night session
30-year treasury bond futures	`TL`	CFFEX	No night session

Four rules

A night session belongs to the next trading day: Friday night counts toward Monday.
No night session on the last trading day before an exchange holiday.
The first trading day after a holiday has no incoming night session; the night session resumes that evening.
GFEX and CFFEX products have no night session.

Evenings without a night session in 2026：13 Feb · 3 Apr · 30 Apr · 18 Jun · 24 Sept · 30 Sept