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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 1st - 5th December 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 01.12 - 05.12.2025

Symbol	Monday, 1 December 2025	Tuesday, 2 December 2025	Wednesday, 3 December 2025	Thursday, 4 December 2025	Friday, 5 December 2025
AUS200	0.52		0.11	0.1
HK50		20.58	34.72	22.06
F40		8.84
UK100				1.83
EU50		1.92
ES35	0.9
US30	17.12	24.63		14.22
US100			1.51	1.4	2.99
US500	0.83	0.2	0.23	0.47	1.04
US2000	0.44	0.02	0.05	0.22	0.33

Shares - Cash Dividends between 01.12 - 05.12.2025

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Dividend Currency	Dividend
01/12/2025	NGVC	NaturalGrocersbyVitaminCottageI	Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.15
01/12/2025	WMS	AdvancedDrainageSystems	Advanced Drainage Systems Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.18
01/12/2025	AEM	AgnicoEagleMines	Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.4
01/12/2025	CPA	CopaHoldingsSA	Copa Holdings SA - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	1.61
01/12/2025	ESNT	EssentGroup	Essent Group Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.31
01/12/2025	BWA	BorgWarner	BorgWarner Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.17
01/12/2025	EXPD	ExpeditorsIntlofWashington	Expeditors Intl of Washington Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.77
01/12/2025	FNB	FNB	FNB Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.12
01/12/2025	HIG	HartfordFinancialServices	Hartford Financial Services Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.6
01/12/2025	LMT	LockheedMartin	Lockheed Martin Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	3.45
01/12/2025	LYB	LyondellbasellIndustries	Lyondellbasell Industries - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	1.37
01/12/2025	MTB	M&Tbank	M & T Bank Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1.5
01/12/2025	MLM	MartinMariettaMaterials	Martin Marietta Materials Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.83
01/12/2025	MCD	McDonald's	McDonalds	Cash Dividend	USD	1.86
01/12/2025	MCK	Mckesson	Mckesson Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.82
01/12/2025	NKE	Nike	Nike Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.41
01/12/2025	NOC	NorthropGrumman	Northrop Grumman Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	2.31
01/12/2025	RF	RegionsFinancial	Regions Financial Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.27
01/12/2025	KO	CocaCola	Coca-Cola	Cash Dividend	USD	0.51
01/12/2025	ALL	Allstate	Allstate Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1
01/12/2025	AIZ	Assurant	Assurant Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.88
01/12/2025	CCJ	Cameco	Cameco Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.24
02/12/2025	DLB	DolbyLaboratories	Dolby Laboratories Inc - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.36
02/12/2025	KEY	Key	KeyCorp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.21
02/12/2025	GS	GoldmanSachs	Goldman Sachs Group	Cash Dividend	USD	4
02/12/2025	3988.xhkg	BankofChina	Bank of China Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.11
02/12/2025	ICL	ICLGroup	ICL Group Ltd (ADRs)	Cash Dividend	USD	0.04
02/12/2025	LVMH	LVMH	Louis Vuitton SE	Cash Dividend	EUR	5.5
03/12/2025	EA	ElectronicArts	Electronic Arts Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.19
03/12/2025	AVT	Avnet	Avnet Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.35
03/12/2025	HAL	Halliburton	Halliburton Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.17
03/12/2025	IMO	ImperialOil	Imperial Oil Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.72
03/12/2025	ODFL	OldDominionFreightLine	Old Dominion Freight Line	Cash Dividend	USD	0.28
04/12/2025	CI	Cigna	Cigna Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1.51
04/12/2025	HD	HomeDepot	Home Depot Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	2.3
04/12/2025	MOS	Mosaic	Mosaic Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.22
04/12/2025	QCOM	Qualcomm	Qualcomm	Cash Dividend	USD	0.89
04/12/2025	NVDA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.01
05/12/2025	NTES	NetEase	NetEase Inc (ADRs)	Cash Dividend	USD	0.57
05/12/2025	BLK	Blackrock	Blackrock Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	5.21
05/12/2025	AJG	ArthurJGallagher	Arthur J Gallagher & Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.65
05/12/2025	BAC	BankofAmerica	Bank Of America	Cash Dividend	USD	0.28
05/12/2025	BKNG	Booking	Booking Holdings Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	9.6
05/12/2025	CHRW	CHRobinsonWorldwide	C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.63
05/12/2025	GM	GeneralMotors	General Motors Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.15
05/12/2025	GPC	GenuineParts	Genuine Parts Co	Cash Dividend	USD	1.03
05/12/2025	KMB	KimberlyClark	Kimberly-Clark Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1.26
05/12/2025	KIM	KimcoRealty	Kimco Realty Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.26
05/12/2025	TAP	MolsonCoorsBeverage	Molson Coors Beverage Co - Class B	Cash Dividend	USD	0.47
05/12/2025	NAVI	Navient	Navient Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.16
05/12/2025	ORI	OldRepublicIntl	Old Republic Intl Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.29
05/12/2025	OTEX	OpenText	OpenText Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.28
05/12/2025	PEP	PepsiCo	PepsiCo Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.42
05/12/2025	1288.xhkg	AgricultBankOfCH	Agricultural Bank Of China Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.12
05/12/2025	AME	AMETEK	AMETEK Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.31
05/12/2025	BFb	BrownForman	Brown-Forman Corp - Class B	Cash Dividend	USD	0.23
05/12/2025	GLPI	GamingAndLeisureProperties	Gaming And Leisure Properties Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.78
05/12/2025	KNX	KnightSwiftTransportation	Knight-Swift Transportation Hlds Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.18
05/12/2025	NDAQ	Nasdaq	Nasdaq Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.27

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 08.12.2025 - 12.12.2025
Date	Day	Time GMT+2	Name	Currency	Applied StartTime	Applied EndTime
08/12/2025	Monday	01:50	GDP (Q3)	JPY	01:35	02:00
09/12/2025	Tuesday	05:30	Cash Rate	AUD	05:15	05:40
09/12/2025	Tuesday	06:30	RBA Press Conference	AUD	06:15	06:40
09/12/2025	Tuesday	15:15	ADP Weekly Employment Change	USD	15:00	15:25
09/12/2025	Tuesday	17:00	JOLTS Job Openings	USD	16:45	17:10
10/12/2025	Wednesday	15:30	Employment Cost Index q/q	USD	15:15	15:40
10/12/2025	Wednesday	16:45	Overnight Rate	CAD	16:30	16:55
10/12/2025	Wednesday	17:30	BOC Press Conference	CAD	17:15	17:40
10/12/2025	Wednesday	21:00	Federal Funds Rate	USD	20:45	21:10
10/12/2025	Wednesday	21:30	FOMC Press Conference	USD	21:15	21:40
11/12/2025	Thursday	02:30	Unemployment Rate	AUD	02:15	02:40
11/12/2025	Thursday	10:30	SNB Policy Rate	CHF	10:15	10:40
11/12/2025	Thursday	11:00	SNB Press Conference	CHF	10:45	11:10
11/12/2025	Thursday	15:30	Unemployment Claims	USD	15:15	15:40
12/12/2025	Friday	09:00	GDP m/m	GBP	08:45	09:10

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.