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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 Oil Futures	Monday 01:00 - Friday 23:59 (Daily Break: 01:00 - 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	Thursday 27/11/2025	Friday 28/11/2025
		GMT+2	GMT+2
		Thanksgiving Day	Thanksgiving Day
Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR,	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
	XAGUSD, XAGEUR	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
	XPTUSD, XPDUSD	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
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 22:00
Indices	JP225	Early close 20:00	Early close 20:15
	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
	US2000	Early close 20:00	Early close 20:15
Shares	US Shares	Pricing Off	Early close 20:00
Commodity Futures	GOLDXXX25	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
	NGASFXXX26	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
	UKOILFXXX26	Early close 20:30	Early close 22:00
	USOILFXXX26	Early close 21:30	Early close 21:45
	US30XXX25	Early close 20:00	Early close 20:15
	US100XXX25	Early close 20:00	Early close 20:15
	US500XXX25	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 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 10th - 14th November 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 10.11 - 14.11.2025

Symbol	Monday, 10 November 2025	Tuesday, 11 November 2025	Wednesday, 12 November 2025	Thursday, 13 November 2025	Friday, 14 November 2025
AUS200		8.73	0.17	8.17
HK50	6.38		1.69
UK100				14.98
F40			0.46
ES35			0.8
US30	11.95		4.13		16.69
US100	3.28		0.23	0.38	3.05
US500	0.86		0.29	0.21	1.45
US2000	0.35		0.14	0.05	0.46

Shares - Cash Dividends between 10.11 - 14.11.2025

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Currency	Dividend
10/11/2025	AAPL	Apple	Apple	Cash Dividend	USD	0.26
10/11/2025	EXC	Exelon	Exelon Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.4
10/11/2025	KMT	Kennametal	Kennametal Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.2
10/11/2025	CAKE	CheesecakeFactory	Cheesecake Factory Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.27
10/11/2025	AEP	AmericanElectriPower	American Electri Power	Cash Dividend	USD	0.95
10/11/2025	IBM	InternationalBusinessMachines	International Business Machines Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1.68
12/11/2025	V	Visa	Visa	Cash Dividend	USD	0.67
12/11/2025	AER	AerCap	AerCap Holdings NV	Cash Dividend	USD	0.27
12/11/2025	2388.xhkg	BOCHongKong	BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.29
12/11/2025	MSM	MSCIndustrialDirectCo	MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.87
13/11/2025	DHI	DrHorton	Dr Horton Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.45
13/11/2025	ETR	Entergy	Entergy Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.64
13/11/2025	AMG	AffiliatedManagersG	Affiliated Managers Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.01
13/11/2025	AWK	AmericanWaterWorks	American Water Works Co Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.83
13/11/2025	CGNX	Cognex	Cognex Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.09
13/11/2025	ZION	ZionsBancorpNA	Zions Bancorp NA	Cash Dividend	USD	0.45
13/11/2025	LPLA	LPLFinancial	LPL Financial Holdings Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.3
13/11/2025	CTRA	CoterraEnergy	Coterra Energy Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.22
13/11/2025	FANG	DiamondbackEnergy	Diamondback Energy Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1
13/11/2025	RMD	ResMed	ResMed Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.6
14/11/2025	AGCO	AGCO	AGCO Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.29
14/11/2025	APAM	ArtisanPartnersAssetManagementI	Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.88
14/11/2025	ENB	Enbridge	Enbridge Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.94
14/11/2025	XOM	ExxonMobil	Exxon Mobil	Cash Dividend	USD	1.03
14/11/2025	KR	Kroger	Kroger Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.35
14/11/2025	DUK	DukeEnergy	Duke Energy Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1.07
14/11/2025	HON	HoneywellInternational	Honeywell International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.19
14/11/2025	MGA	MagnaInternational	Magna International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.49
14/11/2025	MSCI	MSCI	MSCI Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.8
14/11/2025	SBUX	Starbucks	Starbucks Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.62
14/11/2025	GLW	Corning	Corning Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.28
14/11/2025	MMM	MCo	3M Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.73
14/11/2025	LLY	EliLilly	Eli Lilly & Co	Cash Dividend	USD	1.5
14/11/2025	EMR	EmersonElectric	Emerson Electric Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.56
14/11/2025	AG	FirstMajesticSilver	First Majestic Silver Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.01
14/11/2025	LPX	LouisianaPacific	Louisiana-Pacific Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.28

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 17.11.2025 - 21.11.2025
Date	Day	Time GMT+2	Name	Currency	Applied StartTime	Applied EndTime
17/11/2025	Monday	15:30	CPI m/m	CAD	15:15	15:40
19/11/2025	Wednesday	2:30	Wage Price Index q/q	AUD	2:15	2:40
19/11/2025	Wednesday	9:00	CPI y/y	GBP	8:45	9:10
19/11/2025	Wednesday	21:00	FOMC Meeting Minutes	USD	20:45	21:10
20/11/2025	Thursday	15:30	Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index ( Nov)	USD	15:15	15:40
20/11/2025	Thursday	17:00	Existing Home Sales ( Oct)	USD	16:45	17:10
21/11/2025	Friday	9:00	Retail Sales m/m	GBP	8:45	9:10
21/11/2025	Friday	10:30	German Flash Services PMI	EUR	10:15	10:40
21/11/2025	Friday	11:30	Flash Services PMI	GBP	11:15	11:40
21/11/2025	Friday	16:45	Flash Services PMI	USD	16:30	16:55

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.