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Trading hours in financial markets

Trading hours in financial markets refer to the trading sessions available for trading a specific trading instrument. These hours may vary between asset classes, markets, instruments and days of the week. XS offers access to multiple different asset classes. The opening and closing times of these markets may differ from one another.

Normal trading hours

Normal trading hours refer to the regular trading sessions available for trading in a specific financial market. The below tables show the normal trading hours of different financial instruments available for trading with XS.

Seasonal and market factors may affect the below trading hours, so it is important to follow the latest updates on Trading Holidays & Trading Notices pages to stay up to date with the latest seasonal changes to trading hours.

All timings in the tables are in server time. Our server operates on GMT+2 during standard time and switches to GMT+3 during U.S. Daylight Saving Time.

Forex

Instruments TRADING HOURS
All Forex Pairs Monday 00:00 - Friday 23:55

metals

Instruments TRADING HOURS
XAU, XAG, XPD & XPT Pairs Monday 01:05 - Friday 23:55 (Daily Break: 00:00 - 00:59)

energy

Instruments TRADING HOURS
UKOIL Monday 03:00 - Friday 24:00 (Daily Break: 00:00:01 - 02:59:59)
USOIL Monday 01:05 - Friday 23:55 (Daily Break: 00:00 - 00:59)
NGAS Monday 01:00 - Friday 23:59 (Daily Break: 00:00 - 00:59)

indices

Instruments TRADING HOURS
AUS200 Monday - Friday: 01:00 – 24:00
DE40 Monday - Friday: 03:20 - 24:00
UK100 Monday - Friday: 01:00 – 24:00
F40 Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 23:00
EU50 Monday - Friday: 09:00 – 23:00
ES35 Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 21:00
JP225 Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
US30, US100, & US500 Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 24:00
RUSS2000 Monday - Friday: 01:00 – 24:00

Futures

Instruments TRADING HOURS
Brent Oil Futures Monday 03:00 - Friday 23:59 (Daily Break: 00:00 - 02:59:59)
US Light Sweet Oil Future & Natural Gas Future Monday 01:00 - Friday 23:59 (Daily Break: 00:00 - 00:59:59)
US Dow Jones 30 Futures Index Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59:59
US Nasdaq 100 Futures Index Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59:59
US S&P 500 Futures Index Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59:59
Germany 40 Futures Index Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59:59
Gold Futures Monday 01:00 - Friday 23:59:59 (Daily Break: 00:00 - 00:59:59)

shares

Instruments TRADING HOURS
EU Stocks Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 18:30
US Stocks Monday – Friday 16:30 – 22:55
HK Stocks Monday - Friday: 04:30 - 11:00

CRYPTOS

Instruments TRADING HOURS
All Cryptocurrencies 24/7 except during server maintenance.

Trading holidays

Normal trading hours schedule may be affected by some seasonal and market factors including market holidays. This can vary from country to country, and from trading instrument to another, so it is important to stay up to date with the upcoming changes and holiday trading hours to plan your trades accordingly.

The below section shows the latest updates about the upcoming holidays and their effect on trading hours of different financial instruments available for trading with XS.

All timings in the tables are in server time. Our server operates on GMT+2 during standard time and switches to GMT+3 during U.S. Daylight Saving Time.

Upcoming holidays

February 2025 Holiday Schedule
Category Instrument 17/2/2025
GMT +2
Presidents' Day
FX All FX Pairs Normal hours
Precious Metals XAUUSD, XAUEUR, XAGUSD, XAGEUR Early Close 21:30
XPTUSD, XPDUSD Early Close 21:30
Spot Energies NGAS (Spot) Early Close 21:30
USOIL (Spot) Early Close 21:30
Spot Indices JP225 Early close 20:00
US500 Early close 20:00
US100 Early close 20:00
US30 Early close 20:00
RUSS2000 Early close 20:00
Shares US Shares Pricing off
Commodity Futures GOLDXXX25 Early close 21:30
NGASXXX25 Early close 21:30
UKOILXXX25 Early close 21:30
USOILXXX25 Early close 21:30
Index Futures US30XXX25 Early close 20:00
US100XXX25 Early close 20:00
US500XXX25 Early close 20:00

Trading notices

Normal trading conditions may be affected by some seasonal and market factors. The below section shows the latest updates about the upcoming events and their effect on trading conditions.

All timings in the tables are in server time. Our server operates on GMT+2 during standard time and switches to GMT+3 during U.S. Daylight Saving Time.

Corporate Actions Scheduled for 24th - 28th March 2025

Open position on Shares or Indices at the start of the business day (Server Time 00:00), which coincides with the ex-date of the respective underlying asset, will be subject to dividend adjustments.

Long (Buy) positions will receive a payment, whereas short (sell) positions will be charged the amount.

Cash Indices between 24.03 - 28.03.2025

Symbol Mon 24 Mar, 2025 Tue 25 Mar, 2025 Wed 26 Mar, 2025 Thu 27 Mar, 2025 Fri 28 Mar, 2025
US100 0.42
US500 0.05 0.23 0.02 0.18
EU50 0.76 2.56
AUS200 0.62 0.1 0.65 1.03
UK100 12.45
US2000 0.11 0.03 0.01 0.14 0.16
F40 0.23 7.96
DE40 0.26
JP225 307.1
ES35 13.24 2.28

Shares - Cash Dividends between 24.03 - 28.03.2025

Date Ticker Symbol Action Description Dividends Currency
24/03/2025 CINF Cincinnati Financial Cash Dividend Cincinnati Financial Corp 0.87 USD
25/03/2025 MO Altria Group Cash Dividend Altria Group Inc 1.02 USD
25/03/2025 BBY Best Buy Cash Dividend Best Buy Co Inc 0.95 USD
27/03/2025 ERIC Ericsson LM Tel Cash Dividend Ericsson LM Tel (ADRs) 0.09 USD
28/03/2025 DBI Designer Brands Inc Cash Dividend Designer Brands Inc - Class A 0.05 USD
28/03/2025 DKS Dick's Sporting Goods Cash Dividend Dick's Sporting Goods Inc 1.21 USD
28/03/2025 CM Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Cash Dividend Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 0.97 USD
28/03/2025 DHR Danaher Cash Dividend Danaher Corp 0.32 USD
28/03/2025 XRAY Dentsply Sirona Cash Dividend Dentsply Sirona Inc 0.16 USD
28/03/2025 FLS Flowserve Cash Dividend Flowserve Corp 0.21 USD
28/03/2025 MDT Medtronic Cash Dividend Medtronic Plc 0.7 USD
28/03/2025 RL Ralph Lauren Cash Dividend Ralph Lauren Corp 0.83 USD
28/03/2025 VMI Valmont Industries Cash Dividend Valmont Industries 0.68 USD
28/03/2025 HUM Humana Cash Dividend Humana Inc 0.89 USD
28/03/2025 KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Cash Dividend Keurig Dr Pepper Inc 0.23 USD

Example:

There is a 4.383 dividend adjustment on US30. A client has a USD account and holds a long (buy) position of 20 US30. At the ex-date, they will receive a payment of 20*4.383 = 87.66 USD.

There is a 0.59 USD dividend payment for the share ‘Dollar General Corp’. A client has a USD account and holds a short (sell) position of 100 shares. At the ex-date, they will be charged 100*0.59 = -59.00 USD.

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 31.03.2025- 04.04.2025
Date Day Time GMT+3 Name Currency Applied Start Time Applied End Time
31/03/2025 Monday 04:30 Manufacturing PMI CNY 04:15 04:40
01/04/2025 Tuesday 06:30 Cash Rate AUD 06:15 06:40
01/04/2025 Tuesday 17:00 ISM Manufacturing PMI USD 16:45 17:10
02/04/2025 Wednesday 15:15 ADP Non-Farm Employment Change USD 15:00 15:25
03/04/2025 Thursday 09:30 CPI m/m CHF 09:15 09:40
03/04/2025 Thursday 15:30 Unemployment Claims USD 15:15 15:40
03/04/2025 Thursday 17:00 ISM Services PMI USD 16:45 17:10
04/04/2025 Friday 15:30 Unemployment Rate USD 15:15 15:40

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