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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 Thursday 01/05/2025 Monday 5/5/2025 Monday 26/05/2025
GMT +3
Labour Day UK Bank Holiday & Buddha’s Birthday US Memorial Day
FX All FX Pairs Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours
Precious Metals XAUUSD, XAUEUR, Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
XAGUSD, XAGEUR Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
XPTUSD, XPDUSD Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
Spot Energies NGAS (Spot) Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
USOIL (Spot) Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
UKOIL (Spot) Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
Spot Indices AUS200 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
EU50 Pricing Off Normal Hours TBA
F40 Pricing Off Normal Hours TBA
DE40 Pricing Off Normal Hours TBA
JP225 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
UK100 Normal Hours Pricing Off TBA
US500 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
US100 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
US30 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
RUSS2000 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
ES35 Pricing Off Normal Hours TBA
Shares US Shares Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
HK Shares Pricing Off Pricing Off TBA
EU Shares - Germany Pricing Off Normal Hours TBA
EU Shares - France Pricing Off Normal Hours TBA
EU Shares - Spain Pricing Off Normal Hours TBA
Commodity Futures GOLDXXX25 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
NGASXXX25 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
UKOILXXX25 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
USOILXXX25 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
Index Futures DAX40XXX25 Pricing Off Normal Hours TBA
US30XXX25 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
US100XXX25 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA
US500XXX25 Normal Hours Normal Hours TBA

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 28th April - 2nd May 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 28.04 - 02.05.2025

Symbol Mon 28 Apr, 2025 Tue 29 Apr, 2025 Wed 30 Apr, 2025 Thu 01 May, 2025 Fri 02 May, 2025
F40 0.33
EU50 0.15 3.73 4.1
US30
ES35 63.28 2.41
UK100 0.61
US500 0.1 0.01 0.43 0.15 0.17
US100 0.23 1.65 0.77
RUSS2000 0.05 0.24 0.03 0.11
AUS200 0.56

Shares - Cash Dividends between 28.04 - 02.05.2025

Ex-Dividend Date Ticker Symbol Action Description Dividend Dividend Currency
28/04/2025 CAG ConagraBrands Cash Dividend Conagra Brands Inc 0.35 USD
28/04/2025 ASML ASML Cash Dividend ASML Holding NV (Nasdaq) 1.63 USD
28/04/2025 BAYGN Bayer Cash Dividend Bayer AG 0.11 EUR
28/04/2025 BX Blackstone Cash Dividend Blackstone Group Inc 0.93 USD
28/04/2025 CE Celanese Cash Dividend Celanese Corp 0.03 USD
29/04/2025 BMO BankofMontreal Cash Dividend Bank of Montreal 1.59 USD
29/04/2025 STZ ConstellationBrands Cash Dividend Constellation Brands Inc - Class A 1.02 USD
29/04/2025 SAN BancoSantander Cash Dividend Banco Santander 0.09 EUR
30/04/2025 AOS AOSmith Cash Dividend A.O. Smith Corp 0.34 USD
30/04/2025 EPD EnterpriseProductsPartners Cash Dividend Enterprise Products Partners LP 0.54 USD
30/04/2025 MS MorganStanley Cash Dividend Morgan Stanley 0.93 USD
30/04/2025 TXN TexasInstruments Cash Dividend Texas Instruments Inc 1.36 USD
30/04/2025 LNT AlliantEnergy Cash Dividend Alliant Energy Corp 0.51 USD
30/04/2025 KMI KinderMorgan Cash Dividend Kinder Morgan Inc 0.29 USD
01/05/2025 O RealtyIncome Cash Dividend Realty Income Corp 0.27 USD
01/05/2025 ALLY AllyFinancial Cash Dividend Ally Financial Inc 0.3 USD
01/05/2025 AES AES Cash Dividend AES Corp 0.18 USD
01/05/2025 AON AonPlc Cash Dividend Aon Plc 0.75 USD
01/05/2025 ATR AptarGroup Cash Dividend AptarGroup Inc 0.45 USD
02/05/2025 DHI DrHorton Cash Dividend Dr Horton Inc 0.4 USD
02/05/2025 ETR Entergy Cash Dividend Entergy Corp 0.6 USD
02/05/2025 COST CostcoWholesale Cash Dividend Costco Wholesale Corp 1.3 USD
02/05/2025 HXL Hexcel Cash Dividend Hexcel Corp 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 28.04.2025- 02.05.2025
Date Day Time GMT+3 Name Currency Applied Start Time Applied End Time
29/04/2025 Tuesday 09:29 German Prelim CPI m/m EUR 09:14 09:39
29/04/2025 Tuesday 17:00 JOLTS Job Openings USD 16:45 17:10
30/04/2025 Wednesday 04:30 CPI y/y AUD 04:15 04:40
30/04/2025 Wednesday 15:15 ADP Non-Farm Employment Change USD 15:00 15:25
30/04/2025 Wednesday 15:30 Employment Cost Index q/q USD 15:15 15:40
30/04/2025 Wednesday 17:00 Core PCE Price Index m/m USD 16:45 17:10
01/05/2025 Thursday 15:30 Unemployment Claims USD 15:15 15:40
01/05/2025 Thursday 17:00 ISM Manufacturing PMI USD 16:45 17:10
02/05/2025 Friday 15:30 Non-Farm Employment Change USD 15:15 15:40

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