Trading Hours

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 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: 02:50 – 24:00 (Daily Break: 09:30 - 10:10)
DE40	Monday - Friday: 02:15 - 23:00
UK100	Monday - Friday: 01:00 – 24:00
F40	Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 23:00
EU50	Monday - Friday: 01:00 – 24:00
ES35	Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 21:00
JP225	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
US30, US100, & US500	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 24:00 (Daily Breaks: 23:15 - 23:30 & 00:00:01 – 00:59:59)
RUSS2000	Monday - Friday: 01:00 – 24:00 (Daily Break: 00:00:01 – 00:59:59)

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)

Instruments	TRADING HOURS
EU Stocks	Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 18:30
US Stocks	Monday - Friday: 16:30 - 23:00
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

April 2024 Holiday Schedule
Category	Instrument	WEDNESDAY 24 April	THURSDAY 25 April
		ANZAC Day
		GMT + 3
FX	All FX Pairs	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Precious Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR, XAGUSD, XAGEUR, XPDUSD,XPTUSD	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	Early Close 23:00	Late Open 10:10
	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
	UK Shares	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	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
	USDIDX	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 22nd - 26th April 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 22.04 - 26.04.2024

Symbol	Mon 22 Apr, 2024	Tue 23 Apr, 2024	Wed 24 Apr, 2024	Thu 25 Apr, 2024	Fri 26 Apr, 2024
EU50	10.1	5.64	3.55		10.41
FR40	16	16.18			6.93
UK100				4.39
US500		0.1	0.03	0.1	0.09
US100			0.3	0.68	0.22
US2000	0.02		0.03	0.04	0.15

Shares - Cash Dividends between 22.04 - 26.04.2024

Date	Symbol	Action	Description	Detail	Dividend Currency
04/22/2024	RACE	Cash Dividend	Ferrari NV	2.64	USD
04/22/2024	STLA	Cash Dividend	Stellantis NV	1.68	USD
04/23/2024	ACM	Cash Dividend	AECOM	0.22	USD
04/23/2024	CLX	Cash Dividend	Clorox Co/The	1.2	USD
04/23/2024	LEN	Cash Dividend	Lennar Corp	0.5	USD
04/23/2024	LOW	Cash Dividend	Lowe's Cos Inc	1.1	USD
04/25/2024	BK	Cash Dividend	Bank of New York Mellon Corp/T	0.42	USD
04/25/2024	COST	Cash Dividend	Costco Wholesale Corp	1.16	USD
04/25/2024	UNM	Cash Dividend	Unum Group	0.37	USD
04/26/2024	ASML	Cash Dividend	ASML Holding NV	1.61	USD
04/26/2024	BMO	Cash Dividend	Bank of Montreal	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 29.04 - 03.05.2024
Date	Time GMT+3	Name	Currency	Applied Start Time	Applied End Time
04/29/2023	15:00	German CPI (MoM) (Apr)	EUR	14:45	15:10
04/30/2024	04:30	Retail Sales (MoM) (Mar)	AUD	04:15	04:40
04/30/2024	09:00	German Retail Sales (MoM) (Mar)	EUR	08:45	09:10
04/30/2024	12:00	GDP (QoQ) (Q1)	EUR	11:45	12:10
04/30/2024	15:30	GDP (MoM) (Feb)	CAD	15:15	15:40
04/30/2024	17:00	CB Consumer Confidence (Apr)	USD	16:45	17:10
05/01/2024	01:45	Unemployment Rate (Q1)	NZD	01:30	01:55
05/01/2024	15:15	ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (Apr)	USD	15:00	15:25
05/01/2024	16:45	S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI (Apr)	USD	16:30	16:55
05/01/2024	17:00	ISM Manufacturing PMI (Apr)	USD	16:45	17:10
05/01/2024	21:00	Fed Interest Rate Decision	USD	20:45	21:10
05/02/2024	04:30	Building Approvals (YoY) (Mar)	AUD	04:15	04:40
05/02/2024	09:30	CPI (MoM) (Apr)	CHF	09:15	09:40
05/03/2024	15:30	Nonfarm Payrolls (Apr)	USD	15:15	15:40
05/03/2024	16:45	S&P Global Services PMI (Apr)	USD	16:30	16:55
05/03/2024	17:00	ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Apr)	USD	16:45	17:10