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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 00:05 – 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: 02:50 - 09:29, 10:10 -23:59
DE40	Monday - Friday: 03:15 - 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: 04:15 - 07:00, 08:00 - 11:30, 12:15 - 22:00
USDXY	Monday - Friday: 03:00 - 23:59
CNA50	Monday - Friday: 04:30 - 11:30, 11:45 - 23:59

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	Monday 31/08/2026
		GMT+3
		Summer Bank Holiday
FX	All FX Pairs	Normal Hours
Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR,	Normal Hours
	XAGUSD, XAGEUR,	Normal Hours
	XPDUSD, XPTUSD	Normal Hours
Energies	NGAS (Spot)	Normal Hours
	UKOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours
	USOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours
Indices	AUS200	Normal Hours
	CNA50	Normal Hours
	DE40	Normal Hours
	ES35	Normal Hours
	EU50	Normal Hours
	F40	Normal Hours
	HK50	Normal Hours
	JP225	Normal Hours
	UK100	Pricing Off
	US30	Normal Hours
	US100	Normal Hours
	US500	Normal Hours
	US2000	Normal Hours
	USDXY	Normal Hours
Stocks	EU Shares - France	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Germany	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Spain	Normal Hours
	HK Shares	Normal Hours
	US Shares	Normal Hours
Commodity Futures	GOLDXXX26	Normal Hours
	NGASFXXX26	Normal Hours
	UKOILFXXX26	Normal Hours
	USOILFXXX26	Normal Hours
Index Futures	DAX40XXX26	Normal Hours
	US30FXXX26	Normal Hours
	US100FXXX26	Normal Hours
	US500FXXX26	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 24th August - 28th August 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 24.08.2026 - 28.08.2026

Symbol	Monday, 24 Aug 2026	Tuesday, 25 Aug 2026	Wednesday, 26 Aug 2026	Thursday, 27 Aug 2026	Friday, 28 Aug 2026
AUS200	5.73	1.83	4.63	1.67	5.74
CNA50	-	-	-	5.74	-
ES35	-	1.2	-	-	-
EU50	-	-	-	-	-
F40	-	-	-	-	-
JP225	-	-	-	-	35.38
HK50	-	32.73	1.2	-	-
UK100	-	-	-	3.8	-
US30	4.63	7.96	-	-	-
US100	0.32	-	-	-	1.43
US500	0.14	0.44	0.03	0.02	0.25
US2000	0.1	0.05	0.02	0.03	0.2

Shares - Cash Dividends between 24.08.2026 - 28.08.2026

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Currency	Dividend
24/08/2026	ATO	AtmosEnergy	Atmos Energy Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1
24/08/2026	LYB	LyondellbasellIndustries	Lyondellbasell Industries - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.69
24/08/2026	GLNG	GolarLNG	Golar LNG Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.25
24/08/2026	MMM	MCo	3M Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.78
24/08/2026	MAS	Masco	Masco Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.32
24/08/2026	MCHP	MicrochipTechnology	Microchip Technology Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.45
25/08/2026	JNJ	Johnson	Johnson&Johnson	Cash Dividend	USD	1.34
25/08/2026	1997.xhkg	WharfRealEstate	Wharf Real Estate Investment Co Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.94
25/08/2026	IVR	InvescoMortgageCapital	Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.12
25/08/2026	CDW	CDW	CDW Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.63
25/08/2026	RHI	RobertHalfInternational	Robert Half International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.59
26/08/2026	SPGI	S&Pglobal	S&P Global Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.97
26/08/2026	CNK	CinemarkHoldings	Cinemark Holdings Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.09
27/08/2026	EXPE	ExpediaGroup	Expedia Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.48
27/08/2026	H	HyattHotels	Hyatt Hotels Corp - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.15
28/08/2026	BAX	BaxterInternational	Baxter International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.01
28/08/2026	COLB	ColumbiaBankingSystem	Columbia Banking System Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.37
28/08/2026	EBAY	EBAY	eBay Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.31
28/08/2026	HII	HuntingtonIngallsIndustries	Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.38
28/08/2026	TMUS	T-Mobile	T-Mobile US Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.02
28/08/2026	NEE	NexteraEnergy	Nextera Energy Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.62
28/08/2026	TAP	MolsonCoorsBeverage	Molson Coors Beverage Co - Class B	Cash Dividend	USD	0.48

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 24.08.2026 - 28.08.2026
Date	Time GMT+3	Name	Currency	Applied StartTime	Applied EndTime
26/08/2026	4:30	CPI	AUD	4:15	4:40
26/08/2026	15:30	Core PCE Price Index m/m	USD	15:15	15:40
28/08/2026	15:30	GDP m/m	CAD	15:15	15:40
28/08/2026	17:00	Prelim Benchmark Payrolls Revision	USD	16:45	17:10

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.