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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 11th May - 15th 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 11.05.2026 - 15.05.2026

Symbol	Monday, 11 May 2026	Tuesday, 12 May 2026	Wednesday, 13 May 2026	Thursday, 14 May 2026	Friday, 15 May 2026
AUS200	8.23	-	0.29	-	-
CNA50	-	1.07	17.95	0	-
ES35	-	0.43	-	-	-
JP225	-	-	-	-	-
EU50	9.12	-	0.74	2.82	-
F40	34.49	0.24	-	-	2.45
HK50	-	1.4	8.53	15.54	27.01
UK100	-	-	-	18.93	-
US30	1.66	4.13	-	-	22.84
US100	1.92	-	0.82	0.41	4.80
US500	0.69	0.26	0.29	0.17	1.40
US2000	0.2	0.11	0.1	0.08	0.51

Shares - Cash Dividends between 11.05.2026 - 15.05.2026

Ex-Dividend Date	Ticker	XS Symbol	Description	Action	Currency	Dividend
11/05/2026	AMG	AffiliatedManagersG	Affiliated Managers Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.01
11/05/2026	AAPL	Apple	Apple	Cash Dividend	USD	0.27
11/05/2026	BRO	Brown&Brown	Brown & Brown Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.17
11/05/2026	EVTC	Evertec	Evertec Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.05
11/05/2026	LNG	CheniereEnergy	Cheniere Energy Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.56
11/05/2026	COP	ConocoPhillips	ConocoPhillips	Cash Dividend	USD	0.84
11/05/2026	CLB	CoreLaboratories	Core Laboratories NV	Cash Dividend	USD	0.01
11/05/2026	CVI	CVREnergy	CVR Energy Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.1
11/05/2026	LAZ	Lazard	Lazard Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.5
11/05/2026	SIRI	SiriusXMH	Sirius XM Holdings Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.27
12/05/2026	F	FordMotor	Ford Motor	Cash Dividend	USD	0.15
12/05/2026	AWK	AmericanWaterWorks	American Water Works Co Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.9
12/05/2026	DLB	DolbyLaboratories	Dolby Laboratories Inc - Class A	Cash Dividend	USD	0.36
12/05/2026	KMT	Kennametal	Kennametal Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.2
12/05/2026	V	Visa	Visa	Cash Dividend	USD	0.67
12/05/2026	MET	Metlife	Metlife Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.59
13/05/2026	AER	AerCap	AerCap Holdings NV	Cash Dividend	USD	0.4
13/05/2026	ED	ConsolidatedEdison	Consolidated Edison Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.89
13/05/2026	CAKE	CheesecakeFactory	Cheesecake Factory Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.3
13/05/2026	2388.xhkg	BOCHongKong	BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	0.29
13/05/2026	LHAG	DTLufthansa	DT Lufthansa	Cash Dividend	EUR	0.33
14/05/2026	DAL	DeltaAirLines	Delta Air Lines Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.19
14/05/2026	NMRK	NewmarkGroup	Newmark Group Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.06
14/05/2026	BMWG	BMWBayMotWerke	(BMW) Bay Mot Werke	Cash Dividend	EUR	4.4
14/05/2026	CCK	CrownHoldings	Crown Holdings Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.35
14/05/2026	ZION	ZionsBancorpNA	Zions Bancorp NA	Cash Dividend	USD	0.45
14/05/2026	FANG	DiamondbackEnergy	Diamondback Energy Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.1
14/05/2026	LPX	LouisianaPacific	Louisiana-Pacific Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.3
14/05/2026	RMD	ResMed	ResMed Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.6
15/05/2026	KKR	KKR&Co	KKR & Co Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.2
15/05/2026	AGCO	AGCO	AGCO Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.3
15/05/2026	APAM	ArtisanPartnersAssetManagementI	Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.77
15/05/2026	ENB	Enbridge	Enbridge Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.97
15/05/2026	XOM	ExxonMobil	Exxon Mobil	Cash Dividend	USD	1.03
15/05/2026	KR	Kroger	Kroger Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.35
15/05/2026	AMGN	Amgen	Amgen Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	2.52
15/05/2026	AGO	AssuredGuaranty	Assured Guaranty Ltd	Cash Dividend	USD	0.38
15/05/2026	HSY	Hershey	Hershey Co	Cash Dividend	USD	1.45
15/05/2026	HON	HoneywellInternational	Honeywell International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	1.19
15/05/2026	MGA	MagnaInternational	Magna International Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.5
15/05/2026	MCO	Moody's	Moody's Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	1.03
15/05/2026	MSCI	MSCI	MSCI Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	2.05
15/05/2026	SBUX	Starbucks	Starbucks Corp	Cash Dividend	USD	0.62
15/05/2026	DD	DuPontdeNemours	DuPont de Nemours Inc	Cash Dividend	USD	0.2
15/05/2026	2020.xhkg	AntaSportsProd	Anta Sports Products Ltd	Cash Dividend	HKD	1.08
15/05/2026	LLY	EliLilly	Eli Lilly & Co	Cash Dividend	USD	1.73
15/05/2026	EMR	EmersonElectric	Emerson Electric Co	Cash Dividend	USD	0.56
15/05/2026	EDU	NewOrientalEducation	New Oriental Education (ADRs)	Cash Dividend	USD	0.58

HMR Periods

HMR Period Between 11.05.2026 - 15.05.2026
Date	Time GMT+3	Name	Currency	Applied StartTime	Applied EndTime
11/05/2026	17:00	Existing Home Sales	USD	16:45	17:10
12/05/2026	15:30	CPI m/m	USD	15:15	15:40
13/05/2026	15:30	PPI m/m	USD	15:15	15:40
14/05/2026	09:00	GDP m/m	GBP	08:45	09:10
14/05/2026	15:30	Retail Sales 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.