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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
CNA50	Monday - Thursday: 01:00 – 24:00, Friday 01:00 – 23:55

Futures

Instruments	TRADING HOURS
Brent Crude Oil Futures	Monday 01:00 – 23:59, Tuesday – Friday 03:00 – 23:59 (Daily Break: 00:00 – 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	Monday 16-02-2026	Tuesday 17-02-2026	Wednesday 18-02-2026	Thursday 19-02-2026
		GMT+2	GMT+2	GMT+2	GMT+2
		Lunar New Year / President’s Day	Lunar New Year	Lunar New Year	Lunar New Year
FX	All FX Pairs	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR,XAGUSD, XAGEUR,XPDUSD, XPTUSD	Early close 21:30	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Energies	NGAS (Spot)	Early close 21:15	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UKOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	USOIL (Spot)	Early close 21:30	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Indices	AUS200	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Indices	CNA50	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	DE40	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	ES35	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU50	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	F40	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	HK50	Early Close 06:00	Pricing OFF	Pricing OFF	Pricing OFF
	JP225	Early Close 20:00	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UK100	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US30	Early Close 20:00	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US100	Early Close 20:00	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US500	Early Close 20:00	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US2000	Early Close 20:00	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Stocks	EU Shares - France	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Germany	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Spain	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	HK Shares	Early Close 06:00	Pricing OFF	Pricing OFF	Pricing OFF
	US Shares	Pricing OFF	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Commodity Futures	GOLDXXX26	Early close 21:30	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	NGASFXXX26	Early close 21:30	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UKOILFXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	USOILFXXX26	Early close 21:30	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Index Futures	US30XXX26	Early Close 20:00	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US100XXX26	Early Close 20:00	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US500XXX26	Early Close 20:00	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours

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 16th - 20th March 2026

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 16.03.2026 - 20.03.2026

Symbol	Monday, 16 March 2026	Tuesday, 17 March 2026	Wednesday,18 March 2026	Thursday, 19 March 2026	Friday, 20 March 2026
AUS200	0.71	0.35	0.1	1.09	-
HK50	0.31	-	-	-	-
JP225	-	-	0.92	-	-
UK100	-	-	-	13.32	0.13
US30	5.23	-	-	-	1.52
US100	0.75	-	-	-	1.63
US500	0.68	0.25	0.04	0.38	0.17
US2000	0.34	0.13	0.06	0.02	0.15

Shares - Cash Dividends between 16.03.2026 - 20.03.2026

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Currency	Dividend
16/03/2026	NTES	NetEase	NetEase Inc (ADRs)	Cash Dividend	USD	1.16
16/03/2026	MAC	Macerich	Macerich Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.17
16/03/2026	AME	AMETEK	AMETEK Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.34
16/03/2026	BCE	BCE	BCE Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.44
16/03/2026	DTE	DteEnergyCompany	Dte Energy Company	Cash Dividend	USD	1.17
16/03/2026	EXP	EagleMaterials	Eagle Materials Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.25
16/03/2026	EXR	ExtraSpaceStorage	Extra Space Storage Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.62
16/03/2026	MRK	Merck&Co	Merck & Co Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.85
16/03/2026	NEU	NewMarket	NewMarket Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	3
16/03/2026	OCSL	OaktreeSpecialtyLending	Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.4
16/03/2026	PSA	PublicStorage	Public Storage	Cash Dividend	USD	3
16/03/2026	AIG	AmericanInternationalGroup	American International Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.45
16/03/2026	BR	BroadridgeFinancialSolutions	Broadridge Financial Solutions	Cash Dividend	USD	0.98
16/03/2026	META	MetaPlatforms	Meta Platforms Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.53
16/03/2026	NDAQ	Nasdaq	Nasdaq Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.27
17/03/2026	CCK	CrownHoldings	Crown Holdings Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.35
17/03/2026	ECL	Ecolab	Ecolab Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.73
17/03/2026	FNF	FidelityNationalFinancial	Fidelity National Financial	Cash Dividend	USD	0.52
17/03/2026	HCA	HCAHealthcare	HCA Healthcare Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.78
17/03/2026	ICE	IntercontinentalExchange	Intercontinental Exchange Inc / ICE	Cash Dividend	USD	0.52
17/03/2026	MEOH	Methanex	Methanex Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.19
17/03/2026	RYN	Rayonier	Rayonier Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.26
17/03/2026	TSM	TaiwanSemiconductor	Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.76
18/03/2026	HBAN	HuntingtonBancshares	Huntington Bancshares Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.16
18/03/2026	KSS	Kohl's	Kohl's Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.13
19/03/2026	SRE	SempraEnergy	Sempra Energy	Cash Dividend	USD	0.66
19/03/2026	PM	PhilipMorrisInternational	Philip Morris International	Cash Dividend	USD	1.47
19/03/2026	GIL	GildanActivewear	Gildan Activewear Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.25
19/03/2026	NDSN	Nordson	Nordson Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.82
20/03/2026	MSI	MotorolaSolutions	Motorola Solutions Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.21
20/03/2026	CNQ	CanadianNaturalResources	Canadian Natural Resources Ltd / CNRL	Cash Dividend	USD	0.63
20/03/2026	IFF	IntlFlavors&Fragrances	Intl Flavors & Fragrances Corp / IFF	Cash Dividend	USD	0.4
20/03/2026	WMT	Walmart	Walmart Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.25

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 16.03.2026 - 20.03.2026
Date	Time GMT+3	Name	Currency	Applied StartTime	Applied EndTime
16/03/2026	15:30	CPI m/m	CAD	15:15	15:40
17/03/2026	6:30	Cash Rate	AUD	6:15	6:40
17/03/2026	7:30	RBA Press Conference	AUD	7:15	7:40
18/03/2026	15:30	PPI m/m	USD	15:15	15:40
18/03/2026	16:45	Overnight Rate	CAD	16:30	16:55
18/03/2026	17:30	BOC Press Conference	CAD	17:15	17:40
18/03/2026	21:00	Federal Funds Rate	USD	20:45	21:10
18/03/2026	21:30	FOMC Press Conference	USD	21:15	21:40
19/03/2026	0:45	GDP q/q	NZD	0:30	0:55
19/03/2026	3:30	Unemployment Rate	AUD	3:15	3:40
19/03/2026	5:30	BoJ Monetary Policy Statement	JPY	5:15	5:40
19/03/2026	10:00	Claimant Count Change	GBP	9:45	10:10
19/03/2026	11:30	SNB Policy Rate	CHF	11:15	11:40
19/03/2026	12:00	SNB Press Conference	CHF	11:45	12:10
19/03/2026	15:00	Official Bank Rate	GBP	14:45	15:10
19/03/2026	15:30	Unemployment Claims	USD	15:15	15:40
19/03/2026	16:15	Main Refinancing Rate	EUR	16:00	16:25
19/03/2026	16:45	ECB Press Conference	EUR	16:30	16:55

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.