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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. 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 below tables are in server time (GMT+2).

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 below tables are in server time (GMT+2).

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 below tables are in server time (GMT+2).

Corporate Actions Scheduled for 24th - 28th February 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 24.02 - 28.02.2025

Symbol Mon 24 Feb, 2025 Tue 25 Feb, 2025 Wed 26 Feb, 2025 Thu 27 Feb, 2025 Fri 28 Feb, 2025
AUS200 1.5 5.11 10.71
ES35 3.18
JP225 25.3
UK100 10.45
US30 25.39
US100 1.17 0.11 0.07 0.23 2.68
US500 0.22 0.1 0.13 0.07 0.76

Shares - Cash Dividends between 24.02 - 28.02.2025

Date Symbol Action Description Detail Dividend Currency
24/02/2025 KLAC Cash Dividend KLA Corp 1.7 USD
24/02/2025 PSX Cash Dividend Phillips 66 1.15 USD
24/02/2025 BC Cash Dividend Brunswick Corp 0.43 USD
24/02/2025 MCHP Cash Dividend Microchip Technology Inc 0.46 USD
24/02/2025 NUS Cash Dividend Nu Skin Enterprises Inc 0.06 USD
24/02/2025 EXC Cash Dividend Exelon Corp 0.4 USD
25/02/2025 APAM Cash Dividend Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc 0.43 USD
25/02/2025 MCO Cash Dividend Moody's Corp 0.94 USD
25/02/2025 ATO Cash Dividend Atmos Energy Corp 0.87 USD
25/02/2025 CDW Cash Dividend CDW Corp 0.63 USD
25/02/2025 RHI Cash Dividend Robert Half International Inc 0.59 USD
25/02/2025 CE Cash Dividend Celanese Corp 0.03 USD
26/02/2025 EQIX Cash Dividend Equinix Inc 4.69 USD
26/02/2025 AMCR Cash Dividend Amcor PLC 0.13 USD
26/02/2025 SPGI Cash Dividend S&P Global Inc 0.96 USD
26/02/2025 EA Cash Dividend Electronic Arts Inc 0.19 USD
26/02/2025 L Cash Dividend Loews Corp 0.06 USD
27/02/2025 CGNX Cash Dividend Cognex Corp 0.08 USD
27/02/2025 LH Cash Dividend Labcorp Holdings 0.72 USD
27/02/2025 TAP Cash Dividend Molson Coors Beverage Co - Class B 0.47 USD
27/02/2025 DAL Cash Dividend Delta Air Lines Inc 0.15 USD
28/02/2025 GLW Cash Dividend Corning Inc 0.28 USD
28/02/2025 HON Cash Dividend Honeywell International Inc 1.13 USD
28/02/2025 MGA Cash Dividend Magna International Inc 0.49 USD
28/02/2025 H Cash Dividend Hyatt Hotels Corp - Class A 0.15 USD
28/02/2025 TMUS Cash Dividend T-Mobile US Inc 0.88 USD
28/02/2025 AEM Cash Dividend Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 0.4 USD
28/02/2025 BAX Cash Dividend Baxter International Inc 0.17 USD
28/02/2025 COLB Cash Dividend Columbia Banking System Inc 0.36 USD
28/02/2025 CR Cash Dividend Crane Co 0.23 USD
28/02/2025 CSX Cash Dividend CSX Corp 0.13 USD
28/02/2025 DOV Cash Dividend Dover Corp 0.52 USD
28/02/2025 DOW Cash Dividend Dow Inc 0.7 USD
28/02/2025 FTV Cash Dividend Fortive Corp 0.08 USD
28/02/2025 HII Cash Dividend Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc 1.35 USD
28/02/2025 NWL Cash Dividend Newell Brands Inc 0.07 USD
28/02/2025 WMS Cash Dividend Advanced Drainage Systems Inc 0.16 USD
28/02/2025 CPA Cash Dividend Copa Holdings SA - Class A 1.61 USD
28/02/2025 GS Cash Dividend Goldman Sachs Group Inc 3 USD
28/02/2025 GATX Cash Dividend GATX Corp 0.61 USD
28/02/2025 DAN Cash Dividend Dana Inc 0.1 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 24.02.2025- 28.02.2025
Date Day Time GMT+2 Name Currency Applied Start Time Applied End Time
25/02/2025 Tuesday 17:00 CB Consumer Confidence (Feb) USD 16:45 17:10
26/02/2025 Wednesday 02:30 CPI y/y AUD 02:15 02:40
27/02/2025 Thursday 15:30 Unemployment Claims USD 15:15 15:40
28/02/2025 Friday 15:30 Core PCE Price Index (Jan) USD 15:15 15:40

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