London Stock Exchange Hours and Holidays 2026: Is It Open Today?

Everything on this page comes from the exchange's own calendar: when London Stock Exchange trades, every closure through the end of 2027, and a live open-or-closed check that follows London time.

London Stock Exchange trades Monday to Friday, from 08:00 to 16:30 London time (Europe/London), with prices in GBP.

Add these closures to your calendar

Every LSE holiday and early close through 2027, as one calendar you subscribe to. Each closure is an all-day note such as "LSE closed: Good Friday", an early close shows the closing time, and a date the exchange has not confirmed yet says (estimate). Corrections reach you on your app's own schedule: Apple and Outlook within hours, Google usually within a day, sometimes longer.

Google Calendar Apple Calendar

Google Calendar accepts a subscription only on a computer, signed in. If it asks you to sign in, do that and click the button again, then allow a few hours for the first dates to show. On a phone, copy the link now and add it later on a computer: in Google Calendar, click the plus next to Other calendars, then From URL. Outlook: copy the link, then Add calendar, Subscribe from web. The Apple button works on iPhone and Mac; on a Mac, set Auto-refresh to daily. Subscribe rather than import: an imported file never updates.

Trading hours

Session	Local (London)
Regular session	08:00-16:30
Early-close days	close at 12:30

Remaining 2026 closures

Date	Day
2026-12-25	Friday
2026-12-28	Monday

London Stock Exchange holidays 2027

Date	Day	Holiday
2027-01-01	Friday	New Year's Day
2027-03-26	Friday	Good Friday
2027-03-29	Monday	Easter Monday
2027-05-03	Monday	Early May Bank Holiday
2027-05-31	Monday	Spring Bank Holiday
2027-08-30	Monday	Summer Bank Holiday
2027-12-27	Monday	Christmas Day (substitute)
2027-12-28	Tuesday	Boxing Day (substitute)

Early closes 2027

Date	Occasion	Close
2027-12-24	Christmas Holiday half day	12:30
2027-12-31	New Year's Holiday half day	12:30

Source: the exchange's official calendar, checked 2026-08-30.

If you hold GBP-listed shares next to US stocks or crypto, PortfolioTrackr tracks them in one portfolio with everything converted to your currency, and its price alerts are aware of London Stock Exchange's hours and holidays, a level crossed while London sleeps alerts you at the next open, not at 3am.

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Frequently asked questions

What time does London Stock Exchange open?

The regular session runs 08:00 to 16:30 London time. On scheduled early-close days trading ends at 12:30.

Is London Stock Exchange open on weekends?

No. It trades Monday to Friday.

How many holidays does London Stock Exchange have in 2027?

8 scheduled closures.

Where do these dates come from?

From the exchange's own published 2027 calendar, last checked 2026-08-30.

Daniel Hartley

Daniel Hartley writes about the fundamentals of portfolio tracking at PortfolioTrackr: profit and loss, position sizing, and turning a messy multi-broker setup into one clear picture for everyday investors.

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