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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

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 23rd - 27th February 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 23.02.2026 - 27.02.2026

Symbol	Monday, 23 February 2026	Tuesday, 24 February 2026	Wednesday, 25 February 2026	Thursday, 26 February 2026	Friday, 27 February 2026
AUS200	4.39	7.72	4.57	1.95	2.52
ES35	-	3.19	-	-	-
UK100	-	-	-	3.7	-
US30	-	8	-	-	7.32
US100	0.33	-	0.06	0.24	2.9
US500	0.2	0.43	0.21	0.03	0.63
US2000	0.14	0.02	0.08	0.05	0.58
JP225	-	-	-	29.84	-
EU50	-	-	-	-	0.74

Shares - Cash Dividends between 23.02.2026 - 27.02.2026

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Currency	Dividend
23/02/2026	AMG	AffiliatedManagersG	Affiliated Managers Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.01
23/02/2026	ATO	AtmosEnergy	Atmos Energy Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1
23/02/2026	NOC	NorthropGrumman	Northrop Grumman Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	2.31
23/02/2026	BC	Brunswick	Brunswick Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.44
23/02/2026	MCHP	MicrochipTechnology	Microchip Technology Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.455
23/02/2026	PSX	Phillips66	Phillips 66	Cash Dividend	USD	1.27
23/02/2026	ROK	RockwellAutomation	Rockwell Automation Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.38
24/02/2026	CE	Celanese	Celanese Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.03
24/02/2026	APAM	ArtisanPartnersAssetManagementI	Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.425
24/02/2026	JNJ	Johnson	Johnson&Johnson	Cash Dividend	USD	1.3
24/02/2026	IVR	InvescoMortgageCapital	Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.12
25/02/2026	AER	AerCap	AerCap Holdings NV	Cash Dividend	USD	0.4
25/02/2026	EA	ElectronicArts	Electronic Arts Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.19
25/02/2026	L	Loews	Loews Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.0625
25/02/2026	SPGI	S&Pglobal	S&P Global Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.97
25/02/2026	AMCR	Amcor	Amcor PLC	Cash Dividend	USD	0.65
25/02/2026	CDW	CDW	CDW Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.63
25/02/2026	EQIX	Equinix	Equinix Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	5.16
25/02/2026	RHI	RobertHalfInternational	Robert Half International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.59
26/02/2026	DAL	DeltaAirLines	Delta Air Lines Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.1875
26/02/2026	CGNX	Cognex	Cognex Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.085
26/02/2026	MAR	Marriott	Marriott International - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.67
27/02/2026	O	RealtyIncome	Realty Income Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.27
27/02/2026	HON	HoneywellInternational	Honeywell International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.19
27/02/2026	MGA	MagnaInternational	Magna International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.495
27/02/2026	BAX	BaxterInternational	Baxter International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.01
27/02/2026	COLB	ColumbiaBankingSystem	Columbia Banking System Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.37
27/02/2026	CPA	CopaHoldingsSA	Copa Holdings SA - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	1.71
27/02/2026	GLW	Corning	Corning Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.28
27/02/2026	CR	Crane	Crane Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.255
27/02/2026	DOV	Dover	Dover Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.52
27/02/2026	DOW	Dow	Dow Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.35
27/02/2026	HII	HuntingtonIngallsIndustries	Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.38
27/02/2026	NWL	NewellBrands	Newell Brands Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.07
27/02/2026	TMUS	T-Mobile	T-Mobile US Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.02
27/02/2026	NEE	NexteraEnergy	Nextera Energy Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.6232
27/02/2026	DAN	Dana	Dana Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.12
27/02/2026	EGO	EldoradoGold	Eldorado Gold Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.075
27/02/2026	HLT	HiltonWorldwide	Hilton Worldwide	Cash Dividend	USD	0.15
27/02/2026	LPX	LouisianaPacific	Louisiana-Pacific Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.3

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 22.02.2026 - 28.02.2026
Date	Day	Time GMT+2	Name	Currency	Applied StartTime	Applied EndTime
25/02/2026	Wednesday	2:30	CPI y/y	AUD	2:15	2:40
25/02/2026	Wednesday	4:00	President Trump Speaks	USD	3:45	4:10
26/02/2026	Thursday	15:30	Unemployment Claims	USD	15:15	15:40
27/02/2026	Friday	15:30	Core PPI m/m	USD	15:15	15:40

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.