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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: 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	Friday 01/05/2026	Monday 04/05/2026	Monday 25/05/2026
		GMT+3
		Labour Day	UK Early May Bank Holiday	US Memorial Day &
		Labour Day	UK Early May Bank Holiday	UK Spring Bank Holiday
FX	All FX Pairs	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR,	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 21:30
	XAGUSD, XAGEUR,	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 21:30
	XPDUSD, XPTUSD	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 21:30
Energies	NGAS (Spot)	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 21:15
	UKOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 20:30
	USOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 21:30
Indices	AUS200	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	CNA50	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	DE40	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	ES35	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU50	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	F40	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	HK50	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Pricing Off
	JP225	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 20:00
	UK100	Normal Hours	Pricing Off	Pricing Off
	US30	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 20:00
	US100	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 20:00
	US500	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 20:00
	US2000	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 20:00
	USDXY	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 21:30
Stocks	EU Shares - France	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Germany	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU Shares - Spain	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	HK Shares	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Pricing Off
	US Shares	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Pricing Off
Commodity Futures	GOLDXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 21:30
	NGASFXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 21:30
	UKOILFXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 20:30
	USOILFXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 21:30
Index Futures	DAX40XXX26	Pricing Off	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US30FXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 20:00
	US100FXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 20:00
	US500FXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Early close 20:00

Note: 25 May marks Buddha’s Birthday (Hong Kong), which may affect HK-related instruments.

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 18th May - 22nd May 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 18.05.2026 - 22.05.2026

Symbol	Monday, 18 May 2026	Tuesday, 19 May 2026	Wednesday, 20 May 2026	Thursday, 21 May 2026	Friday, 22 May 2026
AUS200	4.91	0.12	-	0.43	-
CNA50	-	-	-	-	3.03
ES35	4.77	-	-	0.66	-
JP225	-	-	-	-	-
EU50	11.53	-	-	0.04	-
F40	23.17	-	1.58	-	-
HK50	1.96	-	3.33	5.65	13.26
UK100	-	-	-	9.55	-
US30	-	10.95	-	5.6	4.92
US100	0.61	0.62	0.51	3.83	0.58
US500	0.44	0.48	0.19	0.9	0.42
US2000	0.3	0.1	0.09	0.15	0.23

Shares - Cash Dividends between 18.05.2026 - 22.05.2026

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Currency	Dividend
18/05/2026	ES	EversourceEnergy	Eversource Energy	Cash Dividend	USD	0.78
18/05/2026	MUR	MurphyOil	Murphy Oil Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.35
18/05/2026	NGVC	NaturalGrocersbyVitaminCottageI	Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.15
18/05/2026	ALSN	AllisonTransmissionH	Allison Transmission Holdings Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.29
18/05/2026	BNPP	BNPParibas	BNP Paribas	Cash Dividend	EUR	2.57
18/05/2026	BC	Brunswick	Brunswick Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.44
18/05/2026	CCL	Carnival	Carnival Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.15
18/05/2026	CTSH	CognizantTechSolutions	Cognizant Tech Solutions - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.33
18/05/2026	IEP	IcahnEnterprises	Icahn Enterprises LP	Cash Dividend	USD	0.5
18/05/2026	KLAC	KLA	KLA Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	2.3
18/05/2026	PSX	Phillips66	Phillips 66	Cash Dividend	USD	1.27
18/05/2026	ROK	RockwellAutomation	Rockwell Automation Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.38
19/05/2026	AA	Alcoa	Alcoa Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.1
19/05/2026	CRTO	CriteoSA	Criteo SA (ADRs)	Cash Dividend	USD	3.4
19/05/2026	COF	CapitalOneFinancial	Capital One Financial Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.8
19/05/2026	CVX	Chevron	Chevron	Cash Dividend	USD	1.78
20/05/2026	1876.xhkg	BudweiserBrew	Budweiser Brewing Co APAC Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.05
20/05/2026	1928.xhkg	SandsChina	Sands China Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.5
20/05/2026	AFL	Aflac	Aflac Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.61
20/05/2026	ADM	ArcherDanielsMidland	Archer-Daniels-Midland Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.52
20/05/2026	ENR	EnergizerHoldings	Energizer Holdings Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.3
20/05/2026	EQIX	Equinix	Equinix Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	5.16
20/05/2026	AG	FirstMajesticSilver	First Majestic Silver Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.01
20/05/2026	GIL	GildanActivewear	Gildan Activewear Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.24
20/05/2026	MPC	MarathonPetroleum	Marathon Petroleum Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1
20/05/2026	MKTX	MarketAxessHoldings	MarketAxess Holdings Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.78
20/05/2026	REGN	RegeneronPharmaceuticals	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	Cash Dividend	USD	0.94
21/05/2026	APAM	ArtisanPartnersAssetManagementI	Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.42
21/05/2026	CNP	CenterpointEnergy	Centerpoint Energy Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.23
21/05/2026	CGNX	Cognex	Cognex Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.08
21/05/2026	LKQ	LKQ	LKQ Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.3
21/05/2026	MSFT	Microsoft	Microsoft	Cash Dividend	USD	0.91
21/05/2026	CBKG	Commerzbank	Commerzbank AG	Cash Dividend	EUR	1.1
21/05/2026	KGC	KinrossGold	Kinross Gold Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.04
21/05/2026	LPLA	LPLFinancial	LPL Financial Holdings Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.3
21/05/2026	MOS	Mosaic	Mosaic Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.22
21/05/2026	6862.xhkg	HaiDiLaoInternational	HaiDiLao International Holding Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.38
21/05/2026	1044.xhkg	Hengan	Hengan Intl Group Co Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.79
21/05/2026	AMAT	AppliedMaterials	Applied Materials Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.53
21/05/2026	IBE	Iberdrola	Iberdrola	Cash Dividend	EUR	0
22/05/2026	1816.xhkg	CGNPowerCo	CGN Power Co Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.086
22/05/2026	MMM	MCo	3M Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.78
22/05/2026	BG	Bunge	Bunge Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.72
22/05/2026	CDW	CDW	CDW Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.63
22/05/2026	CMI	Cummins	Cummins Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	2
22/05/2026	HLT	HiltonWorldwide	Hilton Worldwide	Cash Dividend	USD	0.15
22/05/2026	MAR	Marriott	Marriott International - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.73
22/05/2026	MAS	Masco	Masco Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.32
22/05/2026	MCHP	MicrochipTechnology	Microchip Technology Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.45
22/05/2026	RS	RelianceSteel&AluminumCo	Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co	Cash Dividend	USD	1.25
22/05/2026	RHI	RobertHalfInternational	Robert Half International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.59
22/05/2026	RTX	RaytheonTechnologies	Raytheon Technologies	Cash Dividend	USD	0.73

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 18.05.2026 - 22.05.2026
Date	Time GMT+3	Name	Currency	Applied StartTime	Applied EndTime
19/05/2026	09:00	Claimant Count Change	GBP	08:45	09:10
19/05/2026	15:30	CPI m/m	CAD	15:15	15:40
20/05/2026	09:00	CPI y/y	GBP	08:45	09:10
20/05/2026	21:00	FOMC Meeting Minutes	USD	20:45	21:10
21/05/2026	04:30	Unemployment Rate	AUD	04:15	04:40
21/05/2026	11:30	Flash Services PMI	GBP	11:15	11:40

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.