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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)

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

February 2025 Holiday Schedule
Category	Instrument	17/2/2025
GMT +2
		Presidents' Day
FX	All FX Pairs	Normal hours
Precious Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR, XAGUSD, XAGEUR	Early Close 21:30
Precious Metals	XPTUSD, XPDUSD	Early Close 21:30
Spot Energies	NGAS (Spot)	Early Close 21:30
Spot Energies	USOIL (Spot)	Early Close 21:30
Spot Indices	JP225	Early close 20:00
	US500	Early close 20:00
	US100	Early close 20:00
	US30	Early close 20:00
	RUSS2000	Early close 20:00
Shares	US Shares	Pricing off
Commodity Futures	GOLDXXX25	Early close 21:30
	NGASXXX25	Early close 21:30
	UKOILXXX25	Early close 21:30
	USOILXXX25	Early close 21:30
Index Futures	US30XXX25	Early close 20:00
	US100XXX25	Early close 20:00
	US500XXX25	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 below tables are in server time (GMT+2).

Corporate Actions Scheduled for 17th - 21st February 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 17.02 - 21.02.2025

Symbol	Mon 17 Feb, 2025	Tue 18 Feb, 2025	Wed 19 Feb, 2025	Thu 20 Feb, 2025	Fri 21 Feb, 2025
US30		7.62		5.1
US100		0.51		3.92	1.05
US500		1.02	0.11	0.83	0.26
EU50	0.23				0.65
AUS200	1.75	1.96	12.64	5.39	0.69
UK100				19.67
DE40			3.74		6.47
RUSS2000		0.34	0.07	0.09	0.17
F40	0.63

Shares - Cash Dividends between 17.02 - 21.02.2025

Date	Symbol	Action	Description	Detail	Dividend Currency
18/02/2025	AMG	Cash Dividend	Affiliated Managers (AMG)	0.01	USD
18/02/2025	COF	Cash Dividend	Capital One Financial (COF)	0.6	USD
18/02/2025	BG	Cash Dividend	Bunge (BG)	0.68	USD
18/02/2025	MUR	Cash Dividend	Murphy Oil (MUR)	0.33	USD
18/02/2025	ROK	Cash Dividend	Rockwell Automation (ROK)	1.31	USD
18/02/2025	CTSH	Cash Dividend	Cognizant A (CTSH)	0.31	USD
18/02/2025	ADM	Cash Dividend	Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM)	0.51	USD
18/02/2025	JNJ	Cash Dividend	J&J (JNJ)	1.24	USD
18/02/2025	EQT	Cash Dividend	EQT (EQT)	0.16	USD
18/02/2025	F	Cash Dividend	Ford Motor (F)	0.15	USD
18/02/2025	MTG	Cash Dividend	MGIC Investment (MTG)	0.13	USD
19/02/2025	ED	Cash Dividend	Consolidated Edison (ED)	0.85	USD
19/02/2025	AFL	Cash Dividend	Aflac (AFL)	0.58	USD
19/02/2025	MPC	Cash Dividend	Marathon Petroleum (MPC)	0.91	USD
19/02/2025	MKTX	Cash Dividend	MarketAxesss (MKTX)	0.76	USD
20/02/2025	AMAT	Cash Dividend	Applied Materials (AMAT)	0.4	USD
20/02/2025	CNP	Cash Dividend	CenterPoint Energy (CNP)	0.22	USD
20/02/2025	DFS	Cash Dividend	Discover (DFS)	0.7	USD
20/02/2025	MSFT	Cash Dividend	Microsoft (MSFT)	0.83	USD
20/02/2025	ENR	Cash Dividend	Energizer (ENR)	0.3	USD
20/02/2025	REGN	Cash Dividend	Regeneron Pharma (REGN)	0.88	USD
21/02/2025	HLT	Cash Dividend	Hilton Worldwide (HLT)	0.15	USD
21/02/2025	RTX	Cash Dividend	Rtx Corp (RTX)	0.63	USD
21/02/2025	BBWI	Cash Dividend	Bath & Body Works (BBWI)	0.2	USD
21/02/2025	AZN	Cash Dividend	AstraZeneca ADR (AZN)	1.03	USD
21/02/2025	MAS	Cash Dividend	Masco (MAS)	0.31	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 17.02.2025 - 21.02.2025
Date	Day	Time GMT+2	Name	Currency	Applied Start Time	Applied End Time
17/02/2025	Monday	01:50	GDP (QoQ) (Q4)	JPY	01:35	02:00
18/02/2025	Tuesday	05:30	RBA Interest Rate Decision (Feb)	AUD	05:15	05:40
18/02/2025	Tuesday	09:00	Average Earnings Index +Bonus (Dec)	GBP	08:45	09:10
18/02/2025	Tuesday	15:30	CPI (MoM) (Jan)	CAD	15:15	15:40
19/02/2025	Wednesday	02:30	Wage Price Index (QoQ) (Q4)	AUD	02:15	02:40
19/02/2025	Wednesday	03:00	RBNZ Interest Rate Decision	NZD	02:45	03:10
19/02/2025	Wednesday	09:00	CPI (YoY) (Jan)	GBP	08:45	09:10
20/02/2025	Thursday	02:30	Unemployment Rate (Jan)	AUD	02:15	02:40
20/02/2025	Thursday	15:30	Initial Jobless Claims	USD	15:15	15:40
21/02/2025	Friday	09:00	Retail Sales (MoM) (Jan)	GBP	08:45	09:10
21/02/2025	Friday	10:15	French Flash Manufacturing PMI	EUR	10:00	10:25
21/02/2025	Friday	10:30	German Flash Manufacturing PMI	EUR	10:15	10:40
21/02/2025	Friday	11:30	Flash Manufacturing PMI	GBP	11:15	11:40
21/02/2025	Friday	15:30	Retail Sales (MoM) (Dec)	CAD	15:15	15:40
21/02/2025	Friday	16:45	Flash Manufacturing PMI	USD	16:30	16:55