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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 4 - 8 August 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 04.08 - 08.08.2025

Symbol Monday, August 04, 2025 Tuesday, August 05, 2025 Wednesday, August 06, 2025 Thursday, August 07, 2025 Friday, August 08, 2025
AUS200 0.03
EU50 1.64 0.71
UK100 21.91
US30 10.33
US100 0.3 1.06
US500 0.24 0.09 0.01 0.1 0.58
RUSS2000 0.29 0.1 0.06 0.14  0.18

Shares - Cash Dividends between 04.08 - 08.08.2025

Ex-Dividend Date Ticker XS Symbol Description Action Dividend Currency Dividend
04/08/2025 BX Blackstone Blackstone Group Inc Cash Dividend USD 1.03
04/08/2025 EVTC Evertec Evertec Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.05
04/08/2025 C Citigroup Citigroup Cash Dividend USD 0.6
04/08/2025 CLB CoreLaboratories Core Laboratories NV Cash Dividend USD 0.01
04/08/2025 LAZ Lazard Lazard Ltd Cash Dividend USD 0.5
04/08/2025 OHI OmegaHealthcareInvestors Omega Healthcare Investors Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.67
05/08/2025 EQH EquitableHoldings Equitable Holdings Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.27
05/08/2025 LVS LasVegasSands Las Vegas Sands Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.25
05/08/2025 MET Metlife Metlife Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.5675
05/08/2025 SYF SynchronyFinancial Synchrony Financial Cash Dividend USD 0.3
06/08/2025 EQT EQT EQT Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.1575
07/08/2025 DHI DrHorton Dr Horton Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.4
07/08/2025 CCK CrownHoldings Crown Holdings Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.26
07/08/2025 ETN Eaton Eaton Corp Plc Cash Dividend USD 1.04
07/08/2025 FE FirstEnergy FirstEnergy Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.445
07/08/2025 MTG MGICInvestment MGIC Investment Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.15
08/08/2025 HXL Hexcel Hexcel Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.17
08/08/2025 AEP AmericanElectriPower American Electri Power Cash Dividend USD 0.93
08/08/2025 LNG CheniereEnergy Cheniere Energy Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.5
08/08/2025 CMS CMSEnergy CMS Energy Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.5425
08/08/2025 DAN Dana Dana Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.1
08/08/2025 IBM InternationalBusinessMachines International Business Machines Corp Cash Dividend USD 1.68
08/08/2025 SIRI SiriusXMH Sirius XM Holdings Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.27
08/08/2025 AZN AstraZenecaPLCADRs AstraZeneca PLC (ADRs) Cash Dividend USD 0.505

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 04.08.2025 - 08.08.2025
Date Day Time GMT+3 Name Currency Applied Start Time Applied End Time
04/08/2025 Monday 9:30 CPI m/m CHF 9:15 9:40
05/08/2025 Tuesday 17:00 ISM Services PMI USD 16:45 17:10
06/08/2025 Wednesday 1:45 Unemployment Rate NZD 1:30 1:55
07/08/2025 Thursday 14:00 Official Bank Rate GBP 13:45 14:10
07/08/2025 Thursday 15:30 Unemployment Claims USD 15:15 15:40
08/08/2025 Friday 15:30 Unemployment Rate CAD 15:15 15:40

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