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Sydney — world financial centre

Sydney skyline — financial centre

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Sydney is home to the Australian Securities Exchange and the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Stock exchange — live

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)

Hours in UTC, S&P/ASX 200 and FAQ on ForeXistenZ →

Central bank

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)

Sets the interest rate of the AUD.

How the RBA moves the AUD →

Frequently asked

Why is Sydney a financial centre?

Sydney is home to the Australian Securities Exchange and the Reserve Bank of Australia. Together they make the city a place where money is priced, traded and settled.

Which stock exchange is in Sydney?

Australian Securities Exchange. The live box on this page shows whether it is open right now, from the regular hours in Sydney time.

Which central bank is in Sydney?

Reserve Bank of Australia — it sets the interest rate of the AUD, which is why forex traders follow its decisions closely.

How can I learn to trade the Sydney session?

The ForeXistenZ Academy by Steve Rich teaches how the world’s trading sessions hand over to each other and how to trade them, inside the ForeXistenZ membership.

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