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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: 01:50–08:29, 09:10–22:59
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	Thursday 01/10/2026	Monday 19/10/2026
		GMT+3
		HK National Day	Chung Yeung Festival
FX	All FX Pairs	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Metals	XAUUSD, XAUEUR,	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	XAGUSD, XAGEUR,	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	XPDUSD, XPTUSD	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Energies	NGAS (Spot)	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UKOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	USOIL (Spot)	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Indices	AUS200	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	CNA50	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	DE40	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	ES35	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	EU50	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	F40	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	HK50	Pricing Off	Pricing Off
	JP225	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UK100	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US30	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US100	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US500	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US2000	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	USDXY	Normal Hours	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	Pricing Off	Pricing Off
	US Shares	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Commodity Futures	GOLDXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	NGASFXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	UKOILFXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	USOILFXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Index Futures	DAX40XXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US30FXXX26	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
	US100FXXX26	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 5th - 9th October 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 05.10.2026 - 09.10.2026

Symbol	Monday, 05 Oct 2026	Tuesday, 06 Oct 2026	Wednesday, 07 Oct 2026	Thursday, 08 Oct 2026	Friday, 09 Oct 2026
AUS200	-	0.35	-	0.09	-
CNA50	-	-	-	0.4	-
ES35	-	-	-	-	-
EU50	-	-	-	2.74	-
F40	2.28	-	-	-	-
JP225	-	-	-	-	-
HK50	-	-	-	10.14	21.74
UK100	-	-	-	0.66	-
US30	-	9.81	-	-	5.65
US100	-	-	1.49	0.48	0.07
US500	0.12	0.54	0.19	0.04	1.02
US2000	0.05	0.09	-	0.05	0.18

Shares - Cash Dividends between 05.10.2026 - 09.10.2026

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Currency	Dividend
05/10/2026	SOGN	SocieteGenerale	Societe Generale	Cash Dividend	EUR	0.75
05/10/2026	GE	GeneralElectric	General Electric	Cash Dividend	USD	0.47
05/10/2026	OGE	OGEEnergy	OGE Energy Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.43
05/10/2026	MFA	MFAFinancial	MFA Financial Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.36
05/10/2026	MTCH	MatchGroup	Match Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.2
06/10/2026	DGX	QuestDiagnostics	Quest Diagnostics Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.86
06/10/2026	DG	DollarGeneral	Dollar General Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.59
06/10/2026	A	AgilentTechnologies	Agilent Technologies Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.26
06/10/2026	JPM	JPMorganChase&Co	JPMorgan Chase & Co	Cash Dividend	USD	1.65
06/10/2026	BNS	BankofNovaScotia	Bank of Nova Scotia	Cash Dividend	USD	0.8
07/10/2026	1339.xhkg	PeoplesInsu	People's Insurance Co Group of China Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.13
07/10/2026	2328.xhkg	PICCProp&Casualty	PICC Property & Casualty Co Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.4
07/10/2026	EIX	EdisonInternational	Edison International	Cash Dividend	USD	0.88
07/10/2026	GNTX	Gentex	Gentex Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.12
07/10/2026	CMCSA	Comcast	Comcast Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.33
07/10/2026	LEN	Lennar	Lennar Corp - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.5
08/10/2026	1088.xhkg	CHShenhuaEnergy	China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	1.14
08/10/2026	2628.xhkg	CHLifeInsurance	China Life Insurance Co Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.42
08/10/2026	INTU	Intuit	Intuit Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.38
09/10/2026	1288.xhkg	AgricultBankOfCH	Agricultural Bank Of China Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.15
09/10/2026	T	AT&T	At&T	Cash Dividend	USD	0.28
09/10/2026	LNC	LincolnNational	Lincoln National Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.45
09/10/2026	ORCL	Oracle	Oracle	Cash Dividend	USD	0.5
09/10/2026	VZ	Verizon	Verizon Communications Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.71
09/10/2026	AAP	AdvanceAutoParts	Advance Auto Parts Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.25
09/10/2026	AEO	AmericanEagleOutfitters	American Eagle Outfitters Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.13
09/10/2026	BKU	BankUnited	BankUnited Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.33
09/10/2026	MRVL	MarvellTechnology	Marvell Technology Group Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.06
09/10/2026	NTAP	Netapp	Netapp Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.52
09/10/2026	GD	GeneralDynamics	General Dynamics Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1.59
09/10/2026	HMY	HarmonyGoldMining	Harmony Gold Mining Ltd (ADRs)	Cash Dividend	USD	0.37

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 05.10.2026 - 09.10.2026
Date	Day	Time GMT+3	Name	Currency	Applied StartTime	Applied EndTime
7/10/2026	Wednesday	21:00	FOMC Meeting Minutes	USD	20:45	21:05
9/10/2026	Friday	15:30	Unemployment Rate	CAD	15:15	15:35

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.