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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: 01:50 – 08:30, 09:10 – 22:59
DE40	Monday - Friday: 03:15 - 22:59
ES35	Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 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
RUSS2000	Monday - Friday: 01:00 - 23:59
HK50	Monday - Friday: 04:15 – 07:00, 08:00 – 11:30, 12:15 - 22:00
USDXY	Monday - Friday: 03:00 – 23:59

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 – 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	Wednesday 01/10/2025	Tuesday 07/10/2025	Wednesday 29/10/2025
		GMT+3
		HK National Day	HK National Day	Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
FX	All FX Pairs	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Precious Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR,	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	XAGUSD, XAGEUR	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	XPTUSD, XPDUSD	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Spot Energies	NGAS (Spot)	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	USOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UKOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Spot Indices	AUS200	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU50	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	F40	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	DE40	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	JP225	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UK100	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US500	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US100	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US30	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	RUSS2000	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	HK50	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Pricing Off
	ES35	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Shares	US Shares	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	HK Shares	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Pricing Off
	EU Shares - Germany	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - France	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Spain	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Commodity Futures	GOLDXXX25	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	NGASXXX25	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UKOILXXX25	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	USOILXXX25	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Index Futures	DAX40XXX25	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US30XXX25	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US100XXX25	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US500XXX25	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 27th - 31st October 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 27.10 - 31.10.2025

Symbol	Monday, 27 October 2025	Tuesday, 28 October 2025	Wednesday, 29 October 2025	Thursday, 30 October 2025	Friday, 31 October 2025
AUS200			0.62
HK50				5.92	0.81
UK100				0.29
EU50		0.87		3.64
ES35				64.19
US500	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.5
US100		0.33	0.21		2.47
RUSS2000	0.05	0.01	0.07	0.03	0.2

Shares - Cash Dividends between 27.10 - 31.10.2025

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Currency	Sum of Dividend
27/10/2025	INFY	Infosys	Infosys Ltd (ADRs)	Cash Dividend	USD	0.22
27/10/2025	DHC	DiversifiedHealthcareTrust	Diversified Healthcare Trust	Cash Dividend	USD	0.01
27/10/2025	SVC	ServicePropertiesTrust	Service Properties Trust	Cash Dividend	USD	0.01
27/10/2025	BK	BankofNewYorkMellon	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.53
28/10/2025	CE	Celanese	Celanese Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.03
29/10/2025	ASML	ASML	ASML Holding NV (Nasdaq)	Cash Dividend	USD	1.58
30/10/2025	BMO	BankofMontreal	Bank of Montreal	Cash Dividend	USD	1.63
30/10/2025	CAG	ConagraBrands	Conagra Brands Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.35
30/10/2025	SAN	BancoSantander	Banco Santander	Cash Dividend	EUR	0.09
30/10/2025	STZ	ConstellationBrands	Constellation Brands Inc - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	1.02
30/10/2025	1088.xhkg	CHShenhuaEnergy	China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.98
31/10/2025	AES	AES	AES Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.18
31/10/2025	ALLY	AllyFinancial	Ally Financial Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.3
31/10/2025	AOS	AOSmith	A.O. Smith Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.36
31/10/2025	COST	CostcoWholesale	Costco Wholesale Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1.3
31/10/2025	EPD	EnterpriseProductsPartners	Enterprise Products Partners LP	Cash Dividend	USD	0.55
31/10/2025	LNT	AlliantEnergy	Alliant Energy Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.51
31/10/2025	MS	MorganStanley	Morgan Stanley	Cash Dividend	USD	1
31/10/2025	O	RealtyIncome	Realty Income Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.27
31/10/2025	TXN	TexasInstruments	Texas Instruments Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.42
31/10/2025	2688.xhkg	ENNEnergy	ENN Energy Holdings Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.65

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 27.10.2025 - 31.10.2025
Date	Day	Time GMT+3	Name	Currency	Applied StartTime	Applied EndTime
27/10/2025	Monday	11:15	RBA Gov Bullock Speaks	AUD	11:00	11:25
29/10/2025	Wednesday	3:30	CPI q/q	AUD	3:15	3:40
29/10/2025	Wednesday	16:45	Overnight Rate	CAD	16:30	16:55
29/10/2025	Wednesday	17:30	BOC Press Conference	CAD	17:15	17:40
29/10/2025	Wednesday	21:00	Federal Funds Rate	USD	20:45	21:10
29/10/2025	Wednesday	21:30	FOMC Press Conference	USD	21:15	21:40
30/10/2025	Thursday	15:30	Unemployment Claims	USD	15:15	15:40
30/10/2025	Thursday	16:15	Main Refinancing Rate	EUR	16:00	16:25
30/10/2025	Thursday	16:45	ECB Press Conference	EUR	16:30	16:55
31/10/2025	Friday	15:30	Core PCE Price Index 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.