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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 01:00 - Friday 23:59 (Daily Break: 00:00 - 02:59)
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: 00:50 – 07:29, 08:10 – 21:59
DE40	Monday - Friday: 02:15 - 22:59
ES35	Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 20:59
EU50	Monday - Friday: 09:00–22:59
F40	Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 22:59
JP225	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
UK100	Monday - Friday: 03:00 - 22:59
US30	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
US100	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
US500	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
US2000	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
HK50	Monday - Friday: 03:15 – 05:59, 07:00 – 10:29, 11:15 - 20:59
USDXY	Monday - Friday: 03:00 – 23:59

Futures

Instruments	TRADING HOURS
Brent Oil Futures	Monday 01:00 - Friday 23:59 (Daily Break: 01:00 - 02:59)
US Light Sweet Oil Future & Natural Gas Future	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
US Dow Jones 30 Futures Index	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
US Nasdaq 100 Futures Index	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
US S&P 500 Futures Index	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
Germany 40 Futures Index	Monday - Friday: 02:15 - 22:59
Gold Futures	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59

Instruments	TRADING HOURS
EU Stocks	Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 18:29
US Stocks	Monday – Friday 16:30 – 22:55
HK Stocks	Monday - Friday: 03:30 - 05:59, 07:00 - 09:59

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 27/11/2025	Friday 28/11/2025
		GMT+2	GMT+2
		Thanksgiving Day	Thanksgiving Day
Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR,	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
	XAGUSD, XAGEUR	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
	XPTUSD, XPDUSD	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
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 22:00
Indices	JP225	Early close 20:00	Early close 20:15
	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
	US2000	Early close 20:00	Early close 20:15
Shares	US Shares	Pricing Off	Early close 20:00
Commodity Futures	GOLDXXX25	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
	NGASFXXX26	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
	UKOILFXXX26	Early close 20:30	Early close 22:00
	USOILFXXX26	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
	US30XXX25	Early close 20:00	Early close 20:15
	US100XXX25	Early close 20:00	Early close 20:15
	US500XXX25	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 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 8th - 12th December 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 08.12 - 12.12.2025

Symbol	Monday, 8 December 2025	Tuesday, 9 December 2025	Wednesday, 10 December 2025	Thursday, 11 December 2025	Friday, 12 December 2025
AUS200				0.16	0.3
HK50			0.99
UK100				0.51
US30	13.6		6.77		1.44
US100	1.91	0.17	0.33		0.91
US500	0.58	0.06	0.22	0.08	0.41
US2000	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.06	0.19

Shares - Cash Dividends between 08.12 - 12.12.2025

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Dividend Currency	Dividend
08/12/2025	ADI	AnalogDevices	Analog Devices Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.99
08/12/2025	UNH	UnitedHealth	UnitedHealth Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	2.21
08/12/2025	KOF	CocaColaFemsaSABADRs	Coca-Cola Femsa SAB (ADRs)	Cash Dividend	USD	0.89815
08/12/2025	GOOGL	AlphabetIncA	Alphabet Inc - A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.21
08/12/2025	GOOG	Alphabet	Alphabet Inc Class C	Cash Dividend	USD	0.21
08/12/2025	BDX	BectonDickinson&Co	Becton Dickinson & Co	Cash Dividend	USD	1.05
09/12/2025	HOG	HarleyDavidson	Harley-Davidson Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.18
09/12/2025	AEE	Ameren	Ameren Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.71
09/12/2025	FIS	FidelityNationalInfoServices	Fidelity National Info Services Inc / FIS	Cash Dividend	USD	0.4
09/12/2025	ROST	RossStores	Ross Stores Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.405
10/12/2025	NXPI	NXPSemiconductorsNV	NXP Semiconductors NV	Cash Dividend	USD	1.014
10/12/2025	RYN	Rayonier	Rayonier Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.2725
10/12/2025	CNO	CNOFinancialGroup	CNO Financial Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.17
10/12/2025	GES	Guess	Guess? Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.225
10/12/2025	KSS	Kohl's	Kohl's Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.125
10/12/2025	OXY	OccidentalPetroleum	Occidental Petroleum Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.24
10/12/2025	PEG	PublicServiceEnterpriseGroupPSE	Public Service Enterprise Group / PSEG	Cash Dividend	USD	0.63
10/12/2025	TRV	TheTravelersCompanies	The Travelers Companies Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.1
11/12/2025	TSM	TaiwanSemiconductor	Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.629824
11/12/2025	SRE	SempraEnergy	Sempra Energy	Cash Dividend	USD	0.645
11/12/2025	ADT	ADT	ADT Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.055
11/12/2025	MDU	MDUResourcesGroup	MDU Resources Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.14
12/12/2025	ADP	AutomaticDataProcessing	Automatic Data Processing Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.7
12/12/2025	ALLE	Allegion	Allegion PLC	Cash Dividend	USD	0.405
12/12/2025	CNQ	CanadianNaturalResources	Canadian Natural Resources Ltd / CNRL	Cash Dividend	USD	0.5875
12/12/2025	DDS	Dillard's	Dillard's Inc - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	30
12/12/2025	ALB	Albemarle	Albemarle Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.405
12/12/2025	BR	BroadridgeFinancialSolutions	Broadridge Financial Solutions	Cash Dividend	USD	0.975
12/12/2025	CB	Chubb	Chubb Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.97
12/12/2025	CME	CMEGroup	CME Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.25
12/12/2025	DKS	Dick'sSportingGoods	Dick's Sporting Goods Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.2125
12/12/2025	ENS	EnerSys	EnerSys Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.2625
12/12/2025	FHN	FirstHorizon	First Horizon Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.15
12/12/2025	GRMN	Garmin	Garmin Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.9
12/12/2025	GPN	GlobalPayments	Global Payments Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.25
12/12/2025	RRC	RangeResources	Range Resources Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.09
12/12/2025	WMT	Walmart	Walmart Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.235

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 08.12.2025 - 12.12.2025
Date	Day	Time GMT+2	Name	Currency	Applied StartTime	Applied EndTime
08/12/2025	Monday	01:50	GDP (Q3)	JPY	01:35	02:00
09/12/2025	Tuesday	05:30	Cash Rate	AUD	05:15	05:40
09/12/2025	Tuesday	06:30	RBA Press Conference	AUD	06:15	06:40
09/12/2025	Tuesday	15:15	ADP Weekly Employment Change	USD	15:00	15:25
09/12/2025	Tuesday	17:00	JOLTS Job Openings	USD	16:45	17:10
10/12/2025	Wednesday	15:30	Employment Cost Index q/q	USD	15:15	15:40
10/12/2025	Wednesday	16:45	Overnight Rate	CAD	16:30	16:55
10/12/2025	Wednesday	17:30	BOC Press Conference	CAD	17:15	17:40
10/12/2025	Wednesday	21:00	Federal Funds Rate	USD	20:45	21:10
10/12/2025	Wednesday	21:30	FOMC Press Conference	USD	21:15	21:40
11/12/2025	Thursday	02:30	Unemployment Rate	AUD	02:15	02:40
11/12/2025	Thursday	10:30	SNB Policy Rate	CHF	10:15	10:40
11/12/2025	Thursday	11:00	SNB Press Conference	CHF	10:45	11:10
11/12/2025	Thursday	15:30	Unemployment Claims	USD	15:15	15:40
12/12/2025	Friday	09:00	GDP m/m	GBP	08:45	09:10

Note: During High Market Risk (HMR) periods, trading conditions such as leverage or margin requirements may change depending on your account type. For details, visit our Equity-Based Dynamic Leverage and Lot-Based Dynamic Leverage pages.