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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

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
XPTUSD, XPDUSD Early Close 21:30
Spot Energies NGAS (Spot) Early Close 21:30
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

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