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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
CNA50	Monday - Thursday: 01:00 – 24:00, Friday 01:00 – 23:55

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	Thursday 02/04/2026	Friday 03/04/2026	Monday 06/04/2026	Tuesday 07/04/2026
		GMT+3	GMT+3	GMT+3	GMT+3
		Catholic Easter Market Holidays
FX	All FX Pairs	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR,	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Metals	XAGUSD, XAGEUR,	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Metals	XPDUSD, XPTUSD	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Energies	NGAS (Spot)	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UKOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	USOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Indices	AUS200	Early close 16:00	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Late open 02:50
	CNA50	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	DE40	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Normal Hours
	ES35	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Normal Hours
	EU50	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Normal Hours
	F40	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Normal Hours
	HK50	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Pricing Off
	JP225	Normal Hours	Early close 16:15	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UK100	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Normal Hours
	US30	Normal Hours	Early close 16:15	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US100	Normal Hours	Early close 16:15	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US500	Normal Hours	Early close 16:15	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US2000	Normal Hours	Early close 16:15	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	USDXY	Normal Hours	Late open 12:00 Early close 18:15	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Stocks	EU Shares - France	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Germany	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Spain	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Normal Hours
	HK Shares	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Pricing Off
	US Shares	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Commodity Futures	GOLDXXX26	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	NGASFXXX26	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UKOILFXXX26	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Normal Hours
	USOILFXXX26	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Index Futures	DAX40XXX26	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off	Normal Hours
	US30FXXX26	Normal Hours	Early close 16:15	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US100FXXX26	Normal Hours	Early close 16:15	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US500FXXX26	Normal Hours	Early close 16:15	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 30th March - 3rd April 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 30.03.2026 – 03.04.2026

Symbol	Monday, 30 March 2026	Tuesday, 31 March 2026	Wednesday, 01 April 2026	Thursday, 02 April 2026	Friday, 03 April 2026
AUS200	0.6	0.24	0.35	-	-
HK50	-	-	-	3.87	-
JP225	356.64	-	-	-	-
EU50	-	2.6	-	4.92	-
UK100	-	-	-	0.71	-
F40	-	7.82	-	-	-
ES35	-	2.74	-	-	-
US30	-	-	-	8.43	-
US100	0.23	0.99	1.59	2.25	-
US500	0.05	0.6	0.28	0.48	-
US2000	0.15	1.07	0.11	0.13	-

Shares - Cash Dividends between 30.03.2026 – 03.04.2026

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Dividend Currency	Dividend
30/03/2026	EQR	EquityResidential	Equity Residential	Cash Dividend	USD	0.7
30/03/2026	MU	MicronTechnology	Micron Technology Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.15
30/03/2026	2269.xhkg	WuxiBioCayman	WuXi Biologics Cayman Inc	Cash Dividend	HKD	52.5
31/03/2026	O	RealtyIncome	Realty Income Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.27
31/03/2026	1972.xhkg	SwireProperties	Swire Properties Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.8
31/03/2026	A	AgilentTechnologies	Agilent Technologies Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.26
31/03/2026	NLY	AnnalyCapitalManagement	Annaly Capital Management Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.7
31/03/2026	AVB	AvalonBayCommunities	AvalonBay Communities Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.78
31/03/2026	BXMT	BlackstoneMortgageTrust	Blackstone Mortgage Trust	Cash Dividend	USD	0.47
31/03/2026	BXP	BostonProperties	Boston Properties Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.7
31/03/2026	CPT	CamdenPropertyTrust	Camden Property Trust	Cash Dividend	USD	1.06
31/03/2026	CIM	ChimeraInvestment	Chimera Investment Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.45
31/03/2026	DE	Deere&Co	Deere & Co	Cash Dividend	USD	1.62
31/03/2026	DDS	Dillard's	Dillard's Inc - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.3
31/03/2026	DEI	DouglasEmmett	Douglas Emmett Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.19
31/03/2026	ESS	EssexPropertyTrust	Essex Property Trust Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	2.59
31/03/2026	FITB	FifthThirdBan	Fifth Third Bancorp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.4
31/03/2026	HST	HostHotels&Resorts	Host Hotels & Resorts Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.2
31/03/2026	ITW	IllinoisToolWorksITW	Illinois Tool Works / ITW	Cash Dividend	USD	1.61
31/03/2026	KRC	KilroyRealty	Kilroy Realty Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.54
31/03/2026	LECO	LincolnElectric	Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.79
31/03/2026	LXP	LexingtonRealtyTrust	Lexington Realty Trust	Cash Dividend	USD	0.7
31/03/2026	MFA	MFAFinancial	MFA Financial Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.36
31/03/2026	MDLZ	MondelezInternational	Mondelez International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.5
31/03/2026	XRX	XeroxHoldings	Xerox Holdings Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.03
31/03/2026	TOTF	TOTAL	Total	Cash Dividend	EUR	0.85
01/04/2026	ACM	Aecom	Aecom	Cash Dividend	USD	0.31
01/04/2026	APD	AirProducts&Chemicals	Air Products & Chemicals Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.81
01/04/2026	CAH	CardinalHealth	Cardinal Health Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.51
01/04/2026	CMCSA	Comcast	Comcast Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.33
01/04/2026	FRT	FederalRealtyInvsTrust	Federal Realty Invs Trust	Cash Dividend	USD	1.13
01/04/2026	INGR	Ingredion	Ingredion Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.82
02/04/2026	1997.xhkg	WharfRealEstate	Wharf Real Estate Investment Co Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.66
02/04/2026	ERIC	EricssonLMTel	Ericsson LM Tel (ADRs)	Cash Dividend	USD	0.111058
02/04/2026	PWR	QuantaServices	Quanta Services Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.11
02/04/2026	BMY	BristolMyersSquibb	Bristol-Myers Squibb Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.63
02/04/2026	CSCO	CiscoSystems	Cisco Systems	Cash Dividend	USD	0.42
02/04/2026	NTAP	Netapp	Netapp Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.52
02/04/2026	AXP	AmericanExpress	American Express	Cash Dividend	USD	0.95
02/04/2026	CPB	CampbellSoup	Campbell Soup Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.39
02/04/2026	TME	TencentMusicEntertainmentADRs	Tencent Music Entertainment (ADRs)	Cash Dividend	USD	0.23

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 06.04.2026 - 10.04.2026
Date	Day	Time GMT+3	Name	Currency	Applied StartTime	Applied EndTime
06/04/2026	Monday	17:00	ISM Services PMI	USD	16:45	17:10
08/04/2026	Wednesday	5:00	Official Cash Rate	NZD	4:45	5:10
08/04/2026	Wednesday	21:00	FOMC Meeting Minutes	USD	20:45	21:10
09/04/2026	Thursday	15:30	Core PCE Price Index m/m	USD	15:15	15:40
10/04/2026	Friday	15:30	CPI 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.