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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+3).

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+3).

Upcoming holidays

October 2024 Holiday Schedule
Category Instrument Tue 01 October Fri 11 October
GMT +3
National Day Double Ninth Festival
FX All FX Pairs Normal hours Normal hours
Precious Metals XAUUSD, XAUEUR, XAGUSD, XAGEUR, Normal hours Normal hours
XPTUSD, XPDUSD Normal hours Normal hours
Spot Energies NGAS (Spot) Normal hours Normal hours
USOIL (Spot) Normal hours Normal hours
UKOIL (Spot) Normal hours Normal hours
Spot Indices AUS200 Normal hours Normal hours
EU50 Normal hours Normal hours
F40 Normal hours Normal hours
DE40 Normal hours Normal hours
JP225 Normal hours Normal hours
UK100 Normal hours Normal hours
US500 Normal hours Normal hours
US100 Normal hours Normal hours
US30 Normal hours Normal hours
RUSS2000 Normal hours Normal hours
ES35 Normal hours Normal hours
Shares US Shares Normal hours Normal hours
HK Shares Pricing Off Pricing Off
EU Shares Normal hours Normal hours
Commodity Futures GOLDXXX24 Normal hours Normal hours
NGASXXX24 Normal hours Normal hours
UKOILXXX24 Normal hours Normal hours
USOILXXX24 Normal hours Normal hours
Index Futures DAX40XXX24 Normal hours Normal hours
US30XXX24 Normal hours Normal hours
US100XXX24 Normal hours Normal hours
US500XXX24 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 below tables are in server time (GMT+3).

Corporate Actions Scheduled for 30th September - 4th October 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 30.09 - 04.10.2024

Symbol Mon 30 Sep, 2024 Tue 01 Oct, 2024 Wed 02 Oct, 2024 Thu 03 Oct, 2024 Fri 04 Oct, 2024
US30 2.63 12.81
AUS200 0.08 0.47
US500 0.51  0.17 0.35  0.02 1.21
UK100 2.45
US100 0.83 3.71
US2000 1.05 0.13 0.01 0.03 0.1

Shares - Cash Dividends between 30.09 - 04.10.2024

Date Symbol Action Description Detail Dividend Currency
30/09/2024 NLY Cash Dividend Annaly Capital Management Inc 0.65 USD
30/09/2024 BXMT Cash Dividend Blackstone Mortgage Trust 0.47 USD
30/09/2024 BXP Cash Dividend Boston Properties Inc 0.98 USD
30/09/2024 CPT Cash Dividend Camden Property Trust 1.03 USD
30/09/2024 CIM Cash Dividend Chimera Investment Corp 0.37 USD
30/09/2024 DE Cash Dividend Deere & Co 1.47 USD
30/09/2024 DDS Cash Dividend Dillard's Inc - Class A 0.25 USD
30/09/2024 DEI Cash Dividend Douglas Emmett Inc 0.19 USD
30/09/2024 ESS Cash Dividend Essex Property Trust Inc 2.45 USD
30/09/2024 FITB Cash Dividend Fifth Third Bancorp 0.37 USD
30/09/2024 HST Cash Dividend Host Hotels & Resorts Inc 0.2 USD
30/09/2024 HUM Cash Dividend Humana Inc 0.89 USD
30/09/2024 ITW Cash Dividend Illinois Tool Works / ITW 1.5 USD
30/09/2024 KRC Cash Dividend Kilroy Realty Corp 0.54 USD
30/09/2024 LECO Cash Dividend Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc 0.71 USD
30/09/2024 LXP Cash Dividend Lexington Realty Trust 0.13 USD
30/09/2024 MDLZ Cash Dividend Mondelez International Inc 0.47 USD
30/09/2024 XRX Cash Dividend Xerox Holdings Corp 0.25 USD
01/10/2024 O Cash Dividend Realty Income Corp 0.26 USD
01/10/2024 A Cash Dividend Agilent Technologies Inc 0.24 USD
01/10/2024 APD Cash Dividend Air Products & Chemicals Inc 1.77 USD
01/10/2024 CAH Cash Dividend Cardinal Health Inc 0.51 USD
01/10/2024 FRT Cash Dividend Federal Realty Invs Trust 1.1 USD
01/10/2024 INGR Cash Dividend Ingredion Inc 0.8 USD
01/10/2024 PWR Cash Dividend Quanta Services Inc 0.09 USD
02/10/2024 ACM Cash Dividend Aecom 0.22 USD
02/10/2024 BNS Cash Dividend Bank of Nova Scotia 1.06 USD
02/10/2024 CSCO Cash Dividend Cisco Systems Inc 0.4 USD
02/10/2024 CMCSA Cash Dividend Comcast Corp 0.31 USD
02/10/2024 ERIC Cash Dividend Ericsson LM Tel (ADRs) 0.09 USD
03/10/2024 CPB Cash Dividend Campbell Soup Co 0.37 USD
04/10/2024 BMY Cash Dividend Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 0.6 USD
04/10/2024 JPM Cash Dividend JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.25 USD
04/10/2024 MMC Cash Dividend Marsh & McLennan Cos 0.82 USD
04/10/2024 NTAP Cash Dividend Netapp Inc 0.52 USD
04/10/2024 DGX Cash Dividend Quest Diagnostics Inc 0.75 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 30.09.2024-04.10.2024
Date Time GMT+3 Name Currency Applied Start Time Applied End Time
30/09/2024 09:00 GDP (YoY) (Q2) GBP 08:45 09:10
30/09/2024 15:00 German CPI (MoM) (Sep) EUR 14:45 15:10
30/09/2024 16:45 Chicago PMI (Sep) USD 16:30 16:55
01/10/2024 02:50 Tankan Large Manufacturing Index (Q3)  JPY 02:35 03:00
01/10/2024 04:30 Retail Sales s.a. (MoM) (Aug)  AUD 04:15 04:40
01/10/2024 12:00 CPI (YoY) (Sep)   EUR 11:45 12:10
01/10/2024 17:00 ISM Manufacturing PMI (Sep)  USD 16:45 17:10
02/10/2024 15:15 ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (Sep) USD 15:00 15:25
03/10/2024 15:30 Initial Jobless Claims USD 15:15 15:40
03/10/2024 17:00 ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Sep) USD 16:45 17:10
04/10/2024 15:30 Nonfarm Payrolls (Sep) USD 15:15 15:40

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