XS Trading Hours - Market Access Times

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)

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
Precious Metals	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 2nd - 6th December 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 02.12 - 06.12.2024

Symbol	Mon 2 Dec, 2024	Tue 3 Dec, 2024	Wed 4 Dec, 2024	Thu 5 Dec, 2024	Fri 6 Dec, 2024
AUS200		0.37		0.1
EU50	2
F40	6.1	2.87
UK100				1.36
US100		0.87	0.07	1.71	2.83
US30	31.78			0.06
US500	0.72	0.12	0.12	0.37	0.78

Shares - Cash Dividends between 02.12 - 06.12.2024

Date	Symbol	Action	Description	Detail	Dividend Currency
02/12/2024	WMS	Cash Dividend	Advanced Drainage Systems Inc	USD	0.16
02/12/2024	BWA	Cash Dividend	BorgWarner Inc	USD	0.11
02/12/2024	CPA	Cash Dividend	Copa Holdings SA - Class A	USD	1.61
02/12/2024	ESNT	Cash Dividend	Essent Group Ltd	USD	0.28
02/12/2024	FNB	Cash Dividend	FNB Corp	USD	0.12
02/12/2024	GS	Cash Dividend	Goldman Sachs Group Inc	USD	3
02/12/2024	HIG	Cash Dividend	Hartford Financial Services Group Inc	USD	0.52
02/12/2024	IPG	Cash Dividend	Interpublic Group of Cos Inc / IPG	USD	0.33
02/12/2024	LMT	Cash Dividend	Lockheed Martin Corp	USD	3.3
02/12/2024	LVMH	Cash Dividend	LVHM	USD	5.5
02/12/2024	MLM	Cash Dividend	Martin Marietta Materials Inc	USD	0.79
02/12/2024	MCD	Cash Dividend	McDonald's Corp	USD	1.77
02/12/2024	MCK	Cash Dividend	Mckesson Corp	USD	0.71
02/12/2024	NKE	Cash Dividend	Nike Inc	USD	0.4
02/12/2024	NOC	Cash Dividend	Northrop Grumman Corp	USD	2.06
02/12/2024	RF	Cash Dividend	Regions Financial Corp	USD	0.25
03/12/2024	DLB	Cash Dividend	Dolby Laboratories Inc - Class A	USD	0.33
03/12/2024	IMO	Cash Dividend	Imperial Oil Ltd	USD	0.6
03/12/2024	KEY	Cash Dividend	KeyCorp	USD	0.21
04/12/2024	AVT	Cash Dividend	Avnet Inc	USD	0.33
04/12/2024	CI	Cash Dividend	Cigna Corp	USD	1.4
04/12/2024	HAL	Cash Dividend	Halliburton Co	USD	0.17
04/12/2024	ICL	Cash Dividend	ICL Group Ltd (ADRs)	USD	0.05
04/12/2024	ODFL	Cash Dividend	Old Dominion Freight Line	USD	0.26
05/12/2024	BLK	Cash Dividend	Blackrock Inc	USD	5.1
05/12/2024	KIM	Cash Dividend	Kimco Realty Corp	USD	0.25
05/12/2024	MOS	Cash Dividend	Mosaic Co	USD	0.21
05/12/2024	NVDA	Cash Dividend	NVIDIA Corp	USD	0.01
05/12/2024	NXPI	Cash Dividend	NXP Semiconductors NV	USD	1.01
05/12/2024	QCOM	Cash Dividend	Qualcomm	USD	0.85
05/12/2024	SRE	Cash Dividend	Sempra Energy	USD	0.62
06/12/2024	AME	Cash Dividend	AMETEK Inc	USD	0.28
06/12/2024	AJG	Cash Dividend	Arthur J Gallagher & Co	USD	0.6
06/12/2024	BAC	Cash Dividend	Bank of America Corp	USD	0.26
06/12/2024	BKNG	Cash Dividend	Booking Holdings Inc	USD	8.75
06/12/2024	BFb	Cash Dividend	Brown-Forman Corp - Class B	USD	0.23
06/12/2024	CHRW	Cash Dividend	C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc	USD	0.62
06/12/2024	KOF	Cash Dividend	Coca-Cola Femsa SAB (ADRs)	USD	0.67
06/12/2024	DBI	Cash Dividend	Designer Brands Inc - Class A	USD	0.05
06/12/2024	GLPI	Cash Dividend	Gaming And Leisure Properties Inc	USD	0.76
06/12/2024	GM	Cash Dividend	General Motors Co	USD	0.12
06/12/2024	GPC	Cash Dividend	Genuine Parts Co	USD	1
06/12/2024	KMB	Cash Dividend	Kimberly-Clark Corp	USD	1.22
06/12/2024	KNX	Cash Dividend	Knight-Swift Transportation Hlds Inc	USD	0.16
06/12/2024	TAP	Cash Dividend	Molson Coors Beverage Co - Class B	USD	0.44
06/12/2024	NDAQ	Cash Dividend	Nasdaq Inc	USD	0.24
06/12/2024	NAVI	Cash Dividend	Navient Corp	USD	0.16
06/12/2024	ORI	Cash Dividend	Old Republic Intl Corp	USD	0.27
06/12/2024	PEP	Cash Dividend	PepsiCo Inc	USD	1.36

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 02.12.2024- 06.12.2024
Date	Time GMT+2	Name	Currency	Applied Start Time	Applied End Time
12/02/2024	02:30	Retail Sales (QoQ) (Q4)	AUD	02:15	02:40
12/02/2024	11:30	Manufacturing PMI (Nov)	GBP	11:15	11:40
12/02/2024	16:45	Manufacturing PMI (Nov)	USD	16:30	16:55
12/02/2024	17:00	ISM Manufacturing PMI (Nov)	USD	16:45	17:10
12/03/2024	17:00	JOLTS Job Openings (Oct)	USD	16:45	17:10
12/04/2024	02:30	GDP (QoQ) (Q3)	AUD	02:15	02:40
12/04/2024	15:15	ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (Nov)	USD	15:00	15:25
12/04/2024	16:45	Services PMI (Nov)	USD	16:30	16:55
12/04/2024	17:00	ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Nov)	USD	16:45	17:10
12/05/2024	15:30	Initial Jobless Claims	USD	15:15	15:40
12/05/2024	17:00	Ivey PMI (Nov)	CAD	16:45	17:10
12/06/2024	12:00	GDP (QoQ) (Q3)	EUR	11:45	12:10
12/06/2024	15:30	Nonfarm Payrolls (Nov)	USD	15:15	15:40