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 18th - 22nd 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 18.11 - 22.11.2024
| Symbol | Mon 18 Nov, 2024 | Tue 19 Nov, 2024 | Wed 20 Nov, 2024 | Thu 21 Nov, 2024 | Fri 22 Nov, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS200 | 0.11 | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.43 | |
| ES35 | 0.63 | 2.2 | |||
| EU50 | 6.87 | ||||
| F40 | |||||
| UK100 | 5.59 | ||||
| US100 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 3.82 | 0.32 | |
| US2000 | |||||
| US30 | 23.8 | 5.1 | |||
| US500 | 1.12 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.9 | 0.25 |
Shares - Cash Dividends between 18.11 - 22.11.2024
| Date | Symbol | Action | Description | Detail | Dividend Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/11/2024 | ALSN | Cash Dividend | Allison Transmission Holdings Inc | 0.25 | USD |
| 18/11/2024 | AMGN | Cash Dividend | Amgen Inc | 4.5 | USD |
| 18/11/2024 | BG | Cash Dividend | Bunge Ltd | 0.68 | USD |
| 18/11/2024 | CVX | Cash Dividend | Chevron Corp | 3.26 | USD |
| 18/11/2024 | HSY | Cash Dividend | Hershey Co | 2.74 | USD |
| 18/11/2024 | IEP | Cash Dividend | Icahn Enterprises LP | 0.5 | USD |
| 18/11/2024 | KLAC | Cash Dividend | KLA Corp | 1.7 | USD |
| 18/11/2024 | LHX | Cash Dividend | L3Harris Technologies Inc | 1.16 | USD |
| 18/11/2024 | MUR | Cash Dividend | Murphy Oil Corp | 0.3 | USD |
| 18/11/2024 | PSX | Cash Dividend | Phillips 66 | 2.3 | USD |
| 18/11/2024 | ROK | Cash Dividend | Rockwell Automation Inc | 1.31 | USD |
| 19/11/2024 | CTSH | Cash Dividend | Cognizant Tech Solutions - Class A | 0.6 | USD |
| 20/11/2024 | AFL | Cash Dividend | Aflac Inc | 0.5 | USD |
| 20/11/2024 | BC | Cash Dividend | Brunswick Corp | 0.42 | USD |
| 20/11/2024 | HAS | Cash Dividend | Hasbro Inc | 0.7 | USD |
| 20/11/2024 | LPX | Cash Dividend | Louisiana-Pacific Corp | 0.26 | USD |
| 20/11/2024 | MPC | Cash Dividend | Marathon Petroleum Corp | 0.91 | USD |
| 20/11/2024 | MKTX | Cash Dividend | MarketAxess Holdings Inc | 0.74 | USD |
| 21/11/2024 | AMCR | Cash Dividend | Amcor PLC | 0.13 | USD |
| 21/11/2024 | AMAT | Cash Dividend | Applied Materials Inc | 0.8 | USD |
| 21/11/2024 | ADM | Cash Dividend | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co | 0.5 | USD |
| 21/11/2024 | CNP | Cash Dividend | Centerpoint Energy Inc | 0.21 | USD |
| 21/11/2024 | DFS | Cash Dividend | Discover Financial Services | 0.7 | USD |
| 21/11/2024 | GIL | Cash Dividend | Gildan Activewear Inc | 0.21 | USD |
| 21/11/2024 | MAR | Cash Dividend | Marriott International - Class A | 0.63 | USD |
| 21/11/2024 | MSFT | Cash Dividend | Microsoft Corp | 1.66 | USD |
| 21/11/2024 | NMRK | Cash Dividend | Newmark Group Inc | 0.03 | USD |
| 22/11/2024 | AGO | Cash Dividend | Assured Guaranty Ltd | 0.62 | USD |
| 22/11/2024 | BBWI | Cash Dividend | Bath & Body Works Inc | 0.2 | USD |
| 22/11/2024 | CMI | Cash Dividend | Cummins Inc | 1.82 | USD |
| 22/11/2024 | H | Cash Dividend | Hyatt Hotels Corp - Class A | 0.15 | USD |
| 22/11/2024 | MCHP | Cash Dividend | Microchip Technology Inc | 0.91 | USD |
| 22/11/2024 | MCO | Cash Dividend | Moody's Corp | 0.85 | USD |
| 22/11/2024 | NEE | Cash Dividend | Nextera Energy Inc | 0.52 | USD |
| 22/11/2024 | RS | Cash Dividend | Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co | 1.1 | 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 18.11.2024-22.11.2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time GMT+2 | Name | Currency | Applied Start Time | Applied End Time |
| 18/11/2024 | 12:00 | Trade Balance (Sep) | EUR | 11:45 | 12:10 |
| 18/11/2024 | 15:30 | Foreign Securities Purchases (Sep) | CAD | 15:15 | 15:40 |
| 18/11/2024 | 23:00 | TIC Net Long-Term Transactions | USD | 22:45 | 23:10 |
| 19/11/2024 | 12:00 | CPI (YoY) (Oct) | EUR | 11:45 | 12:10 |
| 19/11/2024 | 15:30 | Building Permits (Oct) | USD | 15:15 | 15:40 |
| 19/11/2024 | 15:30 | CPI (MoM) (Oct) | CAD | 15:15 | 15:40 |
| 20/11/2024 | 01:50 | Trade Balance (Oct) | JPY | 01:35 | 02:00 |
| 20/11/2024 | 09:00 | CPI (MoM) (Oct) | GBP | 08:45 | 09:10 |
| 21/11/2024 | 15:30 | Initial Jobless Claims | USD | 15:15 | 15:40 |
| 21/11/2024 | 17:00 | Existing Home Sales (Oct) | USD | 16:45 | 17:10 |
| 22/11/2024 | 01:30 | National Core CPI (YoY) (Oct) | JPY | 01:15 | 01:40 |
| 22/11/2024 | 09:00 | German GDP (YoY) (Q3) | EUR | 08:45 | 09:10 |
| 22/11/2024 | 11:30 | Flash Manufacturing PMI | GBP | 11:15 | 11:40 |
| 22/11/2024 | 15:30 | Retail Sales (MoM) (Sep) | CAD | 15:15 | 15:40 |
| 22/11/2024 | 16:45 | Flash Manufacturing PMI | USD | 16:30 | 16:55 |
| 22/11/2024 | 17:00 | Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment | USD | 16:45 | 17:10 |
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