Forex Exchange. While working on the main stock exchanges Forex

Forex combines four regional markets: Asian, European, American, Australian. Exchange operations do not stop throughout the week, and the market is open 24 hours a day.

In each of the time zones (Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, London, New York, Chicago) is the traders, quote currency. Slight lull observed only from 23:00 to 4:00 am Moscow time. This is due to the fact that at 11 pm close of New York Stock Exchange, and at 4 am, a Tokyo.
For a successful trading and analyzing the financial news you need to know the exact time of trading sessions. The countdown is traditionally the Prime Meridian passing through Greenwich, and is called the Greenwich Meridian Time. Accordingly, in various financial centers will change from GMT to a different number of hours. The largest amount of operations is on the European session, but are considered to be the most aggressive U.S. and Asian sessions. The table below shows the time of trading sessions in different countries, as well as the calculation of the local time zone.
FAR EAST

Far East - Japanese Yen zone, so here are the most active deals in the market exchange operations of the U.S. dollar to the Japanese Yen and Euro Yen and Australian dollar against the U.S. dollar. Currency fluctuations at this time is often negligible, but there are days when the currencies, especially the dollar against the yen, make breath flights. Especially when Japan's central bank holds an intervention.
WESTERN EUROPE

European region - the euro area and the British pound. The overwhelming volume of forex transactions done with these currencies against the U.S. dollar. At 8:00 local time to open markets in the European financial centers: Zurich, Frankfurt am Main, Paris and Luxembourg. But the really strong movement of the U.S. dollar against European currencies begins with the opening of the London market. This goes on for two to three hours before lunch, the occurrence of which market activity is generally declining slightly.
NORTH AMERICA

The situation revived with the opening of the market in New York, when they begin the work of American banks. Force of European and U.S. banks are about equal, so the fluctuations of the rate does not go beyond the usual European fluctuations. However, traders are looking forward to the opening of the New York market to get fresh data on the possible movement of the course, especially if the European market has been sluggish. After the closure of the European market, American banks, left alone on the "thin" market, can lead to a dramatic change in the U.S. dollar against other currencies.
Time of the main trading session

Region
City
Winter
Summertime
Opening
Closing
Opening
Closing
Asia
Tokyo
3:00
11:00
4:00
12:00
Hong Kong
4:00
12:00
5:00
13:00
Singapore
4:00
12:00
4:00
12:00
Europe
Frankfurt
9:00
17:00
9:00
17:00
Zurich
9:00
17:00
9:00
17:00
Paris
9:00
17:00
9:00
17:00
London
10:00
18:00
10:00
18:00
America
New York
16:00
00:00
16:00
00:00
Chicago
17:00
1:00
17:00
1:00
Oceania
Wellington
00:00
8:00
00:00
8:00
Sydney
1:00
9:00
1:00
9:00
 The time of the sessions indicated Moscow time
The timing of time zones from GMT

Financial center
All times are GMT
Map of time zones
Winter
Summer
Wellington
11
12

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Sydney
9
10
Tokyo
9
9
Hong Kong
8
8
Singapore
7
8
Moscow
3
4
Frankfurt
1
2
Zurich
1
2
Paris
1
2
London
0
1
New York
-5
-4
Chicago
-6
-5