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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

Category Instrument Tuesday 01/07/2025 Thursday 03/07/2025 Friday 04/07/2025
GMT +3
HKSAR Establishment Day Independence Day (US) Independence Day (US)
FX All FX Pairs Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours
Precious Metals XAUUSD, XAUEUR, Normal Hours Normal Hours Early close 20:00
Precious Metals XAGUSD, XAGEUR Normal Hours Normal Hours Early close 20:00
XPTUSD, XPDUSD Normal Hours Normal Hours Early close 20:00
Spot Energies NGAS (Spot) Normal Hours Normal Hours Early close 19:45
USOIL (Spot) Normal Hours Normal Hours Early close 20:00
UKOIL (Spot) Normal Hours Normal Hours Early close 20:30
Spot Indices AUS200 Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours
EU50 Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours
F40 Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours
DE40 Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours
JP225 Normal Hours Normal Hours Early close 20:00
UK100 Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours
US500 Normal Hours Early close 20:15 Early close 20:00
US100 Normal Hours Early close 20:15 Early close 20:00
US30 Normal Hours Early close 20:15 Early close 20:00
RUSS2000 Normal Hours Early close 20:00 Early close 20:00
ES35 Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours
Shares US Shares Normal Hours Early close 20:00 Pricing off
HK Shares Pricing off Normal Hours Normal Hours
EU Shares - Germany Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours
EU Shares - France Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours
EU Shares - Spain Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours
Commodity Futures GOLDXXX25 Normal Hours Normal Hours Early close 20:00
NGASXXX25 Normal Hours Normal Hours Early close 20:00
UKOILXXX25 Normal Hours Normal Hours Early close 20:30
USOILXXX25 Normal Hours Normal Hours Early close 20:00
Index Futures DAX40XXX25 Normal Hours Early close 23:00 Early close 23:00
US30XXX25 Normal Hours Early close 20:15 Early close 20:00
US100XXX25 Normal Hours Early close 20:15 Early close 20:00
US500XXX25 Normal Hours Early close 20:15 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 21st - 25th July 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 21.07 - 25.07.2025

Symbol Monday, July 21, 2025 Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Thursday, July 24, 2025 Friday, July 25, 2025
F40 2.1
EU50 2.79 0.65
UK100 1.95
US30 9.28
US100 0.51 0.78
US500 0.15 0.12 0.07 0.05 0.4
RUSS2000 0.02 0.03 0.007 0.1
AUS200 0.03

Shares - Cash Dividends between 21.07 - 25.07.2025

Ex-Dividend Date Ticker XS Symbol Description Action Dividend Currency Dividend
21/07/2025 CAT Caterpillar Caterpillar Inc Cash Dividend USD 1.51
21/07/2025 DHC DiversifiedHealthcareTrust Diversified Healthcare Trust Cash Dividend USD 0.01
21/07/2025 GGG Graco Graco Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.275
21/07/2025 OC OwensCorning Owens Corning Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.69
21/07/2025 SVC ServicePropertiesTrust Service Properties Trust Cash Dividend USD 0.01
22/07/2025 APA Apache Apache Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.25
22/07/2025 CVS CVSHealth CVS Health Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.665
23/07/2025 LOW Lowe'sCos Lowe's Cos Inc Cash Dividend USD 1.2
24/07/2025 ATR AptarGroup AptarGroup Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.45
24/07/2025 MMC Marsh&McLennanCos Marsh & McLennan Cos Cash Dividend USD 0.9
25/07/2025 BK BankofNewYorkMellon Bank of New York Mellon Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.53
25/07/2025 PFE Pfizer Pfizer Cash Dividend USD 0.43
25/07/2025 UNM UnumGroup Unum Group Cash Dividend USD 0.46

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 21.07.2025 - 25.07.2025
Date Day Time GMT+3 Name Currency Applied Start Time Applied End Time
21/07/2025 Monday 1:45 CPI q/q NZD 1:30 1:55
24/07/2025 Thursday 10:15 French Flash Services PMI EUR 10:00 10:25
24/07/2025 Thursday 10:30 German Flash Services PMI EUR 10:15 10:40
24/07/2025 Thursday 11:30 Flash Services PMI GBP 11:15 11:40
24/07/2025 Thursday 15:15 Monetary Policy Statement EUR 15:00 15:25
24/07/2025 Thursday 15:30 Unemployment Claims USD 15:15 15:40
24/07/2025 Thursday 15:45 ECB Press Conference EUR 15:30 15:55
24/07/2025 Thursday 16:45 Flash Services PMI USD 16:30 16:55
25/07/2025 Friday 9:00 Retail Sales m/m GBP 8:45 9:10

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