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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: 01:00 – 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 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 01/09/2025
		GMT+3
		Labour Day (US)
FX	All FX Pairs	Normal Hours
Precious Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR,	Early Close 21:30
	XAGUSD, XAGEUR	Early Close 21:30
	XPTUSD, XPDUSD	Early Close 21:30
Spot Energies	NGAS (Spot)	Early Close 21:30
	USOIL (Spot)	Early Close 21:30
	UKOIL (Spot)	Early Close 20:30
Spot Indices	AUS200	Normal Hours
	EU50	Normal Hours
	F40	Normal Hours
	DE40	Normal Hours
	JP225	Early Close 20:00
	UK100	Normal Hours
	US500	Early Close 20:00
	US100	Early Close 20:00
	US30	Early Close 20:00
	RUSS2000	Early Close 20:00
	ES35	Normal Hours
Shares	US Shares	Pricing Off
	HK Shares	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Germany	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - France	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Spain	Normal Hours
Commodity Futures	GOLDXXX25	Early Close 21:30
	NGASXXX25	Early Close 21:30
	UKOILXXX25	Early Close 20:30
	USOILXXX25	Early Close 21:30
Index Futures	DAX40XXX25	Early Close 23:00
	US30XXX25	Early Close 20:00
	US100XXX25	Early Close 20:00
	US500XXX25	Early Close 20:00

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 September 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 01.09 - 05.09.2025

Symbol	Monday, September 1, 2025	Tuesday, September 2, 2025	Wednesday, September 3, 2025	Thursday, September 4, 2025	Friday, September 5, 2025
AUS200	4.04	15.12	7.38	23.22	2.46
UK100				2.25
US30		13.33		14.13
US100		0.64	0.07	2.22	2.99
US500		1.28	0.12	0.58	0.9
RUSS2000		0.35	0.03	0.13	0.26

Shares - Cash Dividends between 01.09 - 05.09.2025

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Currency	Sum of Dividend
2/9/25	O	RealtyIncome	Realty Income Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.269
2/9/25	KEY	Key	KeyCorp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.205
2/9/25	NGVC	NaturalGrocersbyVitaminCottageI	Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.12
2/9/25	AEM	AgnicoEagleMines	Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.4
2/9/25	BWA	BorgWarner	BorgWarner Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.17
2/9/25	FNB	FNB	FNB Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.12
2/9/25	HIG	HartfordFinancialServices	Hartford Financial Services Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.52
2/9/25	IPG	Interpublic	Interpublic Group of Cos Inc / IPG	Cash Dividend	USD	0.33
2/9/25	LMT	LockheedMartin	Lockheed Martin Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	3.3
2/9/25	MLM	MartinMariettaMaterials	Martin Marietta Materials Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.83
2/9/25	MCD	McDonald's	McDonalds	Cash Dividend	USD	1.77
2/9/25	MCK	Mckesson	Mckesson Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.82
2/9/25	NKE	Nike	Nike Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.4
2/9/25	RF	RegionsFinancial	Regions Financial Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.265
2/9/25	AIZ	Assurant	Assurant Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.8
2/9/25	OMC	OmnicomGroup	Omnicom Group	Cash Dividend	USD	0.7
3/9/25	HAL	Halliburton	Halliburton Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.17
3/9/25	ODFL	OldDominionFreightLine	Old Dominion Freight Line	Cash Dividend	USD	0.28
3/9/25	1972.xhkg	SwireProperties	Swire Properties Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.35
3/9/25	BFb	BrownForman	Brown-Forman Corp - Class B	Cash Dividend	USD	0.2265
3/9/25	FOXA	Fox	Fox Corp - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.28
3/9/25	FOX	FoxCorpClassB	Fox Corp - Class B	Cash Dividend	USD	0.28
4/9/25	NEM	NewmontGoldcorp	Newmont Goldcorp Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.25
4/9/25	CI	Cigna	Cigna Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1.51
4/9/25	IMO	ImperialOil	Imperial Oil Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.72
4/9/25	QCOM	Qualcomm	Qualcomm	Cash Dividend	USD	0.89

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 01.09.2025 - 05.09.2025
Date	Day	Time GMT+3	Name	Currency	Applied Start Time	Applied End Time
02/09/2025	Tuesday	17:00	ISM Manufacturing PMI	USD	16:45	17:10
03/09/2025	Wednesday	4:30	GDP q/q	AUD	4:15	4:40
03/09/2025	Wednesday	17:00	JOLTS Job Openings	USD	16:45	17:10
04/09/2025	Thursday	9:30	CPI m/m	CHF	9:15	9:40
04/09/2025	Thursday	15:30	Unemployment Claims	USD	15:15	15:40
04/09/2025	Thursday	17:00	ISM Services PMI	USD	16:45	17:10
05/09/2025	Friday	15:30	Non-Farm Employment Change	USD	15:15	15:40