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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)

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 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 25/08/2025
GMT+3
Bank Holiday (UK)
FX All FX Pairs Normal Hours
Precious Metals XAUUSD, XAUEUR, Normal Hours
XAGUSD, XAGEUR Normal Hours
XPTUSD, XPDUSD Normal Hours
Spot Energies NGAS (Spot) Normal Hours
USOIL (Spot) Normal Hours
UKOIL (Spot) Normal Hours
Spot Indices AUS200 Normal Hours
EU50 Normal Hours
F40 Normal Hours
DE40 Normal Hours
JP225 Normal Hours
UK100 Pricing off
US500 Normal Hours
US100 Normal Hours
US30 Normal Hours
RUSS2000 Normal Hours
ES35 Normal Hours
Shares US Shares Normal Hours
HK Shares Normal Hours
EU Shares - Germany Normal Hours
EU Shares - France Normal Hours
EU Shares - Spain Normal Hours
Commodity Futures GOLDXXX25 Normal Hours
NGASXXX25 Normal Hours
UKOILXXX25 Normal Hours
USOILXXX25 Normal Hours
Index Futures DAX40XXX25 Normal Hours
US30XXX25 Normal Hours
US100XXX25 Normal Hours
US500XXX25 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 25th - 29th August 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 25.08 - 29.08.2025

Symbol Monday, August 25, 2025 Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Thursday, August 28, 2025 Friday, August 29, 2025
AUS200 0.97 1.51 6.88 6.18 0.75
ES35 1.17 7.4
EU50 0.31
JP225 26.43
UK100 2.62
US30 4.49 7.99 24.59
US100 0.11 0.06 2.27
US500 0.13 0.42 0.01 0.16 0.57
RUSS2000 0.06 0.07 0.04 0.05 0.49

Shares - Cash Dividends between 25.08 - 29.08.2025

Ex-Dividend Date Ticker XS Symbol Description Action Currency Sum of Dividend
25/08/2025 ATO AtmosEnergy Atmos Energy Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.87
25/08/2025 LYB LyondellbasellIndustries Lyondellbasell Industries - Class A Cash Dividend USD 1.37
25/08/2025 CDW CDW CDW Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.625
25/08/2025 RHI RobertHalfInternational Robert Half International Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.59
26/08/2025 JNJ Johnson Johnson&Johnson Cash Dividend USD 1.3
26/08/2025 SPGI S&Pglobal S&P Global Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.96
26/08/2025 GLNG GolarLNG Golar LNG Ltd Cash Dividend USD 0.25
26/08/2025 1997.xhkg WharfRealEstate Wharf Real Estate Investment Co Ltd Cash Dividend HKD 0.66
27/08/2025 EA ElectronicArts Electronic Arts Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.19
27/08/2025 CNK CinemarkHoldings Cinemark Holdings Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.08
27/08/2025 H HyattHotels Hyatt Hotels Corp - Class A Cash Dividend USD 0.15
28/08/2025 EXPE ExpediaGroup Expedia Group Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.4
28/08/2025 NEE NexteraEnergy Nextera Energy Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.5665
28/08/2025 1928.xhkg SandsChina Sands China Ltd Cash Dividend HKD 0.25
29/08/2025 WMS AdvancedDrainageSystems Advanced Drainage Systems Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.18
29/08/2025 BAX BaxterInternational Baxter International Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.17
29/08/2025 CPA CopaHoldingsSA Copa Holdings SA - Class A Cash Dividend USD 1.61
29/08/2025 GLW Corning Corning Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.28
29/08/2025 CR Crane Crane Co Cash Dividend USD 0.23
29/08/2025 CSX CSX CSX Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.13
29/08/2025 DOV Dover Dover Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.52
29/08/2025 DOW Dow Dow Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.35
29/08/2025 DD DuPontdeNemours DuPont de Nemours Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.41
29/08/2025 EBAY EBAY eBay Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.29
29/08/2025 ESNT EssentGroup Essent Group Ltd Cash Dividend USD 0.31
29/08/2025 GS GoldmanSachs Goldman Sachs Group Cash Dividend USD 4
29/08/2025 HII HuntingtonIngallsIndustries Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc Cash Dividend USD 1.35
29/08/2025 KHC KraftHeinz Kraft Heinz Co Cash Dividend USD 0.4
29/08/2025 NWL NewellBrands Newell Brands Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.07
29/08/2025 TMUS T-Mobile T-Mobile US Inc Cash Dividend USD 0.88
29/08/2025 ALL Allstate Allstate Corp Cash Dividend USD 1
29/08/2025 AG FirstMajesticSilver First Majestic Silver Corp Cash Dividend USD 0.0048
29/08/2025 HLT HiltonWorldwide Hilton Worldwide Cash Dividend USD 0.15

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 25.08.2025- 29.08.2025
Date Day Time GMT+3 Name Currency Applied StartTime Applied EndTime
27/8/2025 Wednesday 4:30 CPI y/y AUD 4:15 4:40
28/8/2025 Thursday 15:30 Unemployment Claims USD 15:15 15:40
29/8/2025 Friday 15:30 GDP m/m CAD 15:15 15:40

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