Trading Hours

• 24 hour market
• Sunday 5pm EST through Friday 4pm EST. Rollover at 5pm EST

Trading begins in New Zealand, followed by Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and America

• Size
• Largest market in the world
• $1.9 trillion average daily turnover, equivalent to:
  
  • More than 10 times the average daily turnover of global equity markets 1
  • 40 times the average daily turnover of the NYSE 2
  • $300 a day for every man, woman, and child on earth
  • An annual turnover more than 10 times world GDP 3
    
    
• The spot market accounts for about one-third of daily turnover

1. About $167 billion - World Federation of Exchanges aggregate 2004
2. About $46 billion - NYSE 2004
3. About $36 trillion - World Bank 2003