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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)

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
Precious Metals	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 7th - 11th July 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 07.07 - 11.07.2025

Symbol	Mon, July 07, 2025	Tue, July 08, 2025	Wed, July 09, 2025	Thu, July 10, 2025	Fri, July 11, 2025
ES35		5.24
UK100				0.33
US30				4.16
US100	0.17	0.12		0.38	0.07
US500	0.12	0.03	0.07	0.89	0.01
RUSS2000	0.09	0.07	0.07	0.04	0.12
AUS200				0.04

Shares - Cash Dividends between 07.07 - 11.07.2025

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Dividend Currency	Dividend
7/7/25	EIX	EdisonInternational	Edison International	Cash Dividend	USD	0.8275
7/7/25	GE	GeneralElectric	General Electric	Cash Dividend	USD	0.36
7/7/25	IVR	InvescoMortgageCapital	Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.34
7/7/25	MKC	McCormick&Co	McCormick & Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.45
7/7/25	MU	MicronTechnology	Micron Technology Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.23
7/7/25	OGE	OGEEnergy	OGE Energy Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.42125
7/7/25	DGX	QuestDiagnostics	Quest Diagnostics Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.8
8/7/25	DG	DollarGeneral	Dollar General Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.59
8/7/25	ROP	RoperTechnologies	Roper Technologies Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.825
9/7/25	1288.xhkg	AgricultBankOfCH	Agricultural Bank Of China Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.1375342
9/7/25	GNTX	Gentex	Gentex Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.12
9/7/25	MA	MasterCard	Mastercard Cl A	Cash Dividend	USD	1.52
9/7/25	MSM	MSCIndustrialDirectCo	MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.85
10/7/25	ACN	AccentureP	Accenture Plc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.48
10/7/25	T	AT&T	At&T	Cash Dividend	USD	0.555
10/7/25	GIS	GeneralMills	General Mills Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.22
10/7/25	INTU	Intuit	Intuit Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.04
10/7/25	LNC	LincolnNational	Lincoln National Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.45
10/7/25	ORCL	Oracle	Oracle	Cash Dividend	USD	1
10/7/25	VZ	Verizon	Verizon Communications Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.355
11/7/25	AAP	AdvanceAutoParts	Advance Auto Parts Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.25
11/7/25	AMX	AmericaMovil	America Movil - Class L (ADRs)	Cash Dividend	USD	0.273199
11/7/25	AEO	AmericanEagleOutfitters	American Eagle Outfitters Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.125
11/7/25	BKU	BankUnited	BankUnited Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.31
11/7/25	MRVL	MarvellTechnology	Marvell Technology Group Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.06

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 07.07.2025- 11.07.2025
Date	Day	Time GMT+3	Name	Currency	Applied Start Time	Applied End Time
8/7/25	Tuesday	7:30	RBA Interest Rate Decision (Jul)	AUD	7:15	7:40
9/7/25	Wednesday	5:00	RBNZ Interest Rate Decision	NZD	4:45	5:10
9/7/25	Wednesday	21:00	FOMC Meeting Minutes	USD	20:45	21:10
10/7/25	Thursday	15:30	Unemployment Claims	USD	15:15	15:40
11/7/25	Friday	9:00	GDP (MoM) (May)	GBP	8:45	9:10
11/7/25	Friday	15:30	Unemployment Rate (Jun)	CAD	15:15	15:40