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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 31st March - 4th April 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 31.03 - 04.04.2025

Symbols Mon 31 Mar, 2025 Tue 01 Apr, 2025 Wed 02 Apr, 2025 Thu 03 Apr, 2025 Fri 04 Apr, 2025
AUS200 0.34 0.1
US30 2.52 13.65
ES35 2.17
UK100 3.38
US500 0.58 0.15 0.16 0.27 0.72
US100 0.98 1.66 2.18 0.12
RUSS2000 1.04 0.11 0.04 0.06 0.11

Shares - Cash Dividends between 31.03 - 04.04.2025

Ex-Dividend Date Ticker Symbols Action Description Dividends Dividend Currency
31/03/2025 DDS Dillard's Cash Dividends Dillard's Inc - Class A 0.25 USD
31/03/2025 MU MicronTechnology Cash Dividends Micron Technology Inc 0.12 USD
31/03/2025 NLY AnnalyCapitalManagement Cash Dividends Annaly Capital Management Inc 0.7 USD
31/03/2025 AVB AvalonBayCommunities Cash Dividends AvalonBay Communities Inc 1.75 USD
31/03/2025 BXMT BlackstoneMortgageTrust Cash Dividends Blackstone Mortgage Trust 0.47 USD
31/03/2025 BXP BostonProperties Cash Dividends Boston Properties Inc 0.98 USD
31/03/2025 CIM ChimeraInvestment Cash Dividends Chimera Investment Corp 0.37 USD
31/03/2025 DE Deere&Co Cash Dividends Deere & Co 1.62 USD
31/03/2025 DEI DouglasEmmett Cash Dividends Douglas Emmett Inc 0.19 USD
31/03/2025 FITB FifthThirdBan Cash Dividends Fifth Third Bancorp 0.37 USD
31/03/2025 HST HostHotels&Resorts Cash Dividends Host Hotels & Resorts Inc 0.2 USD
31/03/2025 ITW IllinoisToolWorksITW Cash Dividends Illinois Tool Works / ITW 1.5 USD
31/03/2025 KRC KilroyRealty Cash Dividends Kilroy Realty Corp 0.54 USD
31/03/2025 LECO LincolnElectric Cash Dividends Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc 0.75 USD
31/03/2025 LXP LexingtonRealtyTrust Cash Dividends Lexington Realty Trust 0.14 USD
31/03/2025 MFA MFAFinancial Cash Dividends MFA Financial Inc 0.36 USD
31/03/2025 MDLZ MondelezInternational Cash Dividends Mondelez International Inc 0.47 USD
31/03/2025 XRX XeroxHoldings Cash Dividends Xerox Holdings Corp 0.13 USD
31/03/2025 EQR EquityResidential Cash Dividends Equity Residential 0.69 USD
31/03/2025 ESS EssexPropertyTrust Cash Dividends Essex Property Trust Inc 2.57 USD
31/03/2025 CPT CamdenPropertyTrust Cash Dividends Camden Property Trust 1.05 USD
01/04/2025 A AgilentTechnologies Cash Dividends Agilent Technologies Inc 0.25 USD
01/04/2025 APD AirProducts&Chemicals Cash Dividends Air Products & Chemicals Inc 1.79 USD
01/04/2025 CAH CardinalHealth Cash Dividends Cardinal Health Inc 0.51 USD
01/04/2025 FRT FederalRealtyInvsTrust Cash Dividends Federal Realty Invs Trust 1.1 USD
01/04/2025 INGR Ingredion Cash Dividends Ingredion Inc 0.8 USD
01/04/2025 O RealtyIncome Cash Dividends Realty Income Corp 0.27 USD
01/04/2025 BNS BankofNovaScotia Cash Dividends Bank of Nova Scotia 1.06 USD
02/04/2025 ACM Aecom Cash Dividends Aecom 0.26 USD
02/04/2025 CMCSA Comcast Cash Dividends Comcast Corp 0.33 USD
03/04/2025 CPB CampbellSoup Cash Dividends Campbell Soup Co 0.39 USD
03/04/2025 PWR QuantaServices Cash Dividends Quanta Services Inc 0.1 USD
03/04/2025 CSCO CiscoSystems Cash Dividends Cisco Systems 0.41 USD
03/04/2025 MTCH MatchGroup Cash Dividends Match Group Inc 0.19 USD
03/04/2025 MMC Marsh&McLennanCos Cash Dividends Marsh & McLennan Cos 0.82 USD
03/04/2025 TME TencentMusicEntertainmentADRs Cash Dividends Tencent Music Entertainment (ADRs) 0.17 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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