Pre-market briefing in CET for European investors

Why a CET-timed briefing

If you invest from Europe, the US session closes at 22:00 CET, while you're off the screen. The 3-Minute Open lands at 07:00 CET, before European exchanges open at 09:00 CET, so you start the day knowing:

• how the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow closed and why
• what Bitcoin and Ethereum did overnight
• which stocks moved most and the catalyst for each
• what's on today's calendar, with times already converted to CET

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Key times for European investors (CET/CEST)

Event	Usual time (Amsterdam/Frankfurt/Paris)
Xetra, Euronext and London (in CET) regular sessions	09:00 – 17:30
Major US economic data (CPI, PPI, jobs, retail sales)	14:30
US regular session	15:30 – 22:00
US pre-market earnings reports	typically 12:00 – 15:30
US after-close earnings reports	from 22:00

Watch the daylight-saving gap. Europe and the US change clocks on different dates in March and in late October/early November. For those 1–3 weeks, US events happen one hour earlier in CET (e.g. US data at 13:30 and the open at 14:30). Our "what to watch" section always uses the correct local time.

Built for European readers

• Times in CET, not ET
• No US-centric jargon without explanation
• Every figure sourced; not financial advice

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