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Normal trading hours

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	Monday 19/01/2026	Monday 26/01/2026
		GMT+2	GMT+2
		Martin Luther King Day	Australia Day
FX	All FX Pairs	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR, XAGUSD, XAGEUR	Early close 21:30	Normal Hours
Metals	XPTUSD, XPDUSD	Early close 21:30	Normal Hours
Energies	NGAS (Spot)	Early close 21:15	Normal Hours
	UKOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	USOIL (Spot)	Early close 21:30	Normal Hours
Indices	AUS200	Normal Hours	Late Open 08:10
	DE40	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	ES35	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU50	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	F40	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	HK50	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	JP225	Early close 20:00	Normal Hours
	UK100	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US100	Early close 20:00	Normal Hours
	US2000	Early close 20:00	Normal Hours
	US30	Early close 20:00	Normal Hours
	US500	Early close 20:00	Normal Hours
Stocks	EU Shares - France	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Germany	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Spain	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	HK Shares	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US Shares	Pricing Off	Normal Hours
Commodity Futures	GOLDXXX25	Early close 21:30	Normal Hours
	NGASFXXX26	Early close 21:30	Normal Hours
	UKOILFXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	USOILFXXX26	Early close 21:30	Normal Hours
Index Futures	US30XXX25	Early close 20:00	Normal Hours
	US100XXX25	Early close 20:00	Normal Hours
	US500XXX25	Early close 20:00	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 12th - 16th January 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 12.01 - 16.01.2026

Symbol	Monday, 12 January 2026	Tuesday, 13 January 2026	Wednesday, 14 January 2026	Thursday, 15 January 2026	Friday, 16 January 2026
HK50			7.06
EU50	2.11
UK100				2.5
F40		0.42
ES35	43.91	5.74	4.69
US30	4.25
US100			1.67
US500	0.6	0.13	0.14	0.18	0.49

Shares - Cash Dividends between 12.01 - 16.01.2026

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Dividend Currency	Dividend
12/01/2026	T	AT&T	At&T	Cash Dividend	USD	0.2775
12/01/2026	LNC	LincolnNational	Lincoln National Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.45
12/01/2026	VZ	Verizon	Verizon Communications Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.69
12/01/2026	HRL	HormelFoods	Hormel Foods Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.2925
12/01/2026	IBE	Iberdrola	Iberdrola	Cash Dividend	EUR	0.2025
13/01/2026	DGX	QuestDiagnostics	Quest Diagnostics Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.8
13/01/2026	ACN	AccentureP	Accenture Plc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.63
14/01/2026	MSM	MSCIndustrialDirectCo	MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.87
14/01/2026	CMCSA	Comcast	Comcast Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.33
15/01/2026	ABT	AbbottLaboratories	Abbott Laboratories	Cash Dividend	USD	0.63
15/01/2026	FCX	FreeportMcMoRanIncFCX	Freeport-McMoRan Inc / FCX	Cash Dividend	USD	0.075
16/01/2026	GGG	Graco	Graco Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.295
16/01/2026	GD	GeneralDynamics	General Dynamics Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1.5
16/01/2026	ABBV	AbbVie	AbbVie Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.73
16/01/2026	EOG	EOGResources	EOG Resources Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.02
16/01/2026	FMX	FomentoEconomicoMexSp	Fomento Economico Mex-Sp Adr	Cash Dividend	USD	1.832761

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 12.01.2026 - 16.01.2026
Date	Day	Time GMT+2	Name	Currency	Applied Start Time	Applied End Time
13/01/2026	Tuesday	15:30	CPI m/m	USD	15:15	15:40
14/01/2026	Wednesday	15:30	PPI m/m	USD	15:15	15:40
15/01/2026	Thursday	9:00	GDP m/m	GBP	8:45	9:10
15/01/2026	Thursday	15:30	Unemployment Claims	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.