Trading hours
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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
| November 2024 Holiday Schedule | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Instrument | Thu 28 November | Fri 29 November |
| GMT +2 | |||
| Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving | ||
| FX | All FX Pairs | Normal hours | Normal hours |
| Precious Metals | XAUUSD, XAUEUR, XAGUSD, XAGEUR, | Early Close 21:30 | Early Close 21:45 |
| XPTUSD, XPDUSD | Early Close 21:30 | Early Close 21:30 | |
| Spot Energies | NGAS (Spot) | Early close 20:15 | Early close 20:30 |
| USOIL (Spot) | Early close 21:30 | Early close 21:45 | |
| UKOIL (Spot) | Early close 20:30 | Early close 21:00 | |
| Spot Indices | AUS200 | Normal hours | Normal hours |
| EU50 | Normal hours | Normal hours | |
| F40 | Normal hours | Normal hours | |
| DE40 | Normal hours | Normal hours | |
| JP225 | Early Close 20:00 | Early close 20:15 | |
| UK100 | Normal hours | Normal hours | |
| US500 | Early Close 20:00 | Early close 20:15 | |
| US100 | Early Close 20:00 | Early close 20:15 | |
| US30 | Early Close 20:00 | Early close 20:15 | |
| RUSS2000 | Early Close 20:00 | Early close 20:15 | |
| ES35 | Normal hours | Normal hours | |
| Shares | US Shares | Pricing Off | Early Close 20:00 |
| HK Shares | Normal hours | Normal hours | |
| EU Shares | Normal hours | Normal hours | |
| Commodity Futures | GOLDXXX24 | Early Close 21:30 | Early Close 21:45 |
| NGASXXX24 | Early Close 21:30 | Early Close 21:45 | |
| UKOILXXX24 | Early close 20:30 | Early close 21:00 | |
| USOILXXX24 | Early close 21:30 | Early close 21:45 | |
| Index Futures | DAX40XXX24 | Early Close 23:00 | Early Close 23:00 |
| US30XXX24 | Early Close 20:00 | Early close 20:15 | |
| US100XXX24 | Early Close 20:00 | Early close 20:15 | |
| US500XXX24 | Early Close 20:00 | Early close 20:15 | |
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 25th - 29th November 2024
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 25.11 - 29.11.2024
| Symbol | Mon 25 Nov, 2024 | Tue 26 Nov, 2024 | Wed 27 Nov, 2024 | Thu 28 Nov, 2024 | Fri 29 Nov, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS200 | 0.18 | 0.5 | 0.22 | 0.89 | |
| ES35 | 2.35 | 5.17 | 0.56 | ||
| EU50 | 0.66 | ||||
| F40 | 2.11 | ||||
| UK100 | 4.38 | 0.23 | |||
| US100 | 0.11 | 1.41 | 0.94 | ||
| US2000 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.38 | |
| US30 | 7.62 | 13.83 | 2.98 | ||
| US500 | 0.04 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.6 |
Shares - Cash Dividends between 25.11 - 29.11.2024
| Date | Symbol | Action | Description | Detail | Dividend Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/11/2024 | ATO | Cash Dividend | Atmos Energy Corp | 0.87 | USD |
| 25/11/2024 | BLMN | Cash Dividend | Bloomin' Brands Inc | 0.24 | USD |
| 25/11/2024 | CDW | Cash Dividend | CDW Corp | 0.63 | USD |
| 25/11/2024 | GLNG | Cash Dividend | Golar LNG Ltd | 0.25 | USD |
| 25/11/2024 | RHI | Cash Dividend | Robert Half International Inc | 0.53 | USD |
| 26/11/2024 | EQH | Cash Dividend | Equitable Holdings Inc | 0.24 | USD |
| 26/11/2024 | IGT | Cash Dividend | International Game Technology PLC | 0.2 | USD |
| 26/11/2024 | JNJ | Cash Dividend | Johnson & Johnson | 1.24 | USD |
| 26/11/2024 | LH | Cash Dividend | Labcorp Holdings | 0.72 | USD |
| 26/11/2024 | SPGI | Cash Dividend | S&P Global Inc | 0.91 | USD |
| 27/11/2024 | BRFS | Cash Dividend | BRF SA (ADRs) | 0.07 | USD |
| 27/11/2024 | CCJ | Cash Dividend | Cameco Corp | 0.16 | USD |
| 27/11/2024 | EA | Cash Dividend | Electronic Arts Inc | 0.19 | USD |
| 27/11/2024 | ENR | Cash Dividend | Energizer Holdings Inc | 0.3 | USD |
| 27/11/2024 | KGC | Cash Dividend | Kinross Gold Corp | 0.03 | USD |
| 27/11/2024 | L | Cash Dividend | Loews Corp | 0.06 | USD |
| 27/11/2024 | MAP | Cash Dividend | MAPFRE | 0.05 | EUR |
| 27/11/2024 | NEM | Cash Dividend | Newmont Goldcorp Corp | 0.25 | USD |
| 27/11/2024 | TMUS | Cash Dividend | T-Mobile US Inc | 0.88 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | AEM | Cash Dividend | Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd | 0.4 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | ALL | Cash Dividend | Allstate Corp | 0.92 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | BAX | Cash Dividend | Baxter International Inc | 0.17 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | KO | Cash Dividend | Coca-Cola Co | 0.49 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | COLB | Cash Dividend | Columbia Banking System Inc | 0.36 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | CR | Cash Dividend | Crane Co | 0.21 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | CSX | Cash Dividend | CSX Corp | 0.12 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | DOV | Cash Dividend | Dover Corp | 0.52 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | DOW | Cash Dividend | Dow Inc | 0.7 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | DD | Cash Dividend | DuPont de Nemours Inc | 0.38 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | EBAY | Cash Dividend | eBay Inc | 0.27 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | FLO | Cash Dividend | Flowers Foods Inc | 0.24 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | FTV | Cash Dividend | Fortive Corp | 0.08 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | HII | Cash Dividend | Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc | 1.35 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | ITT | Cash Dividend | ITT Inc | 0.32 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | KHC | Cash Dividend | Kraft Heinz Co | 0.4 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | NTES | Cash Dividend | NetEase Inc (ADRs) | 0.43 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | NWL | Cash Dividend | Newell Brands Inc | 0.07 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | NUS | Cash Dividend | Nu Skin Enterprises Inc | 0.06 | USD |
| 29/11/2024 | OTEX | Cash Dividend | OpenText Corp | 0.26 | 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 25.11.2024- 29.11.2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time GMT+2 | Name | Currency | Applied Start Time | Applied End Time |
| 11/25/2024 | 11:00 | German Ifo Business Climate Index (Nov) | EUR | 10:45 | 11:10 |
| 11/26/2024 | 16:00 | S&P/CS HPI Composite - 20 n.s.a. (MoM) (Sep) | USD | 15:45 | 16:10 |
| 11/26/2024 | 17:00 | CB Consumer Confidence (Nov) | USD | 16:45 | 17:10 |
| 11/27/2024 | 02:30 | Monthly CPI Indicator (YoY) (Oct) | AUD | 02:15 | 02:40 |
| 11/27/2024 | 03:00 | RBNZ Interest Rate Decision | NZD | 02:45 | 03:10 |
| 11/27/2024 | 15:30 | GDP (QoQ) (Q3) | USD | 15:15 | 15:40 |
| 11/27/2024 | 17:00 | Core PCE Price Index (YoY) (Oct) | USD | 16:45 | 17:10 |
| 11/27/2024 | 21:00 | FOMC Minutes | USD | 20:45 | 21:10 |
| 11/29/2024 | 12:00 | CPI (YoY) (Nov) | EUR | 11:45 | 12:10 |
| 11/29/2024 | 15:30 | GDP (MoM) (Sep) | CAD | 15:15 | 15:40 |
| 11/29/2024 | 16:45 | Chicago PMI (Nov) | USD | 16:30 | 16:55 |
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