Trading hours

Not all markets trade 24 hours, see below for standard hours and find full details on the trading platform.

Please note: all hours are provided in GMT.

STANDARD TRADING HOURS

Asset class* Open Close Trading break
Forex** 22:05 21:55 21:55 – 22:05
Stocks & Stock CFDs 14:31 20:59 20:59 – 14:31
Metals 23:05 21:55 21:55 – 23:05
Commodities
Brent 01:00 21:45 21:45 – 01:00
Crude 23:00 21:45 21:45 – 23:00
Natural Gas 23:00 21:45 21:45 – 23:00
Indices
Stock Market Indices** 23:30 21:00 21:00 – 23:30
Currency Indices 22:05 21:55 21:55 – 22:05
Share Baskets 16:31 22:59 22:59 – 16:31

*Daylight Savings Time, in the following countries, may affect trading hours of some markets:

  • US Daylight Savings Time begins at 2am local time, on Sunday 14th March

  • UK Daylight Savings Time begins at 1am local time, on Sunday 28th March

  • Australia Daylight Savings Time ends at 3am local time, on Sunday 4th April

**Exceptions to the standard trading hours indicated above:

Exotics:

  • US Dollar/Indian Rupee trading hours are 05:30 to 13:30

  • US Dollar/ Chinese Renminbi trading hours are 01:00 – 21:00

  • US Dollar/Russian Ruble trading hours are 07:00 – 18:00

Spot Indices:

  • Spain35 trading hours are 07:30 to 18:30

  • HongKong50 trading hours are 01:45 to 16:30

  • Germany50 trading hours are 07:30 to 20:30

Upcoming changes to trading hours

Date Country Holiday/Event  
14/10/2021 Hong Kong Chung Yeung Festival Trading Schedule
Instruments Markets
Spot Indices
Stocks and Stock CFDs		 HSI50, HK cash equities (closed)
04/11/2021 Russia Unity Day Trading Schedule
Instruments Markets
RUB EURRUB, USDRUB (closed)
25/11/2021 US Thanksgiving Trading Schedule
Instruments Markets
Stocks and Stock CFDs, Spot Metals, Spot Commodities, Spot Indices US stocks (closed),
Spot Metals (early close at 20:00*),
Spot Commodities (early closed at 19:45*),
Spot Indices Social (Closed),
Jap225, SP500m, ND100m, Wst30m (early close at 20:00*)
24/12/2021 US Christmas Day (obs) Trading Schedule
Instruments Markets
Forex, Rub, Spot Indices, Stocks and Stock CFDs, Spot Metals, Spot Commodities, Spot Indices Affected hours is not provided yet
25/12/2021 US, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Spain Christmas Day Trading Schedule
Instruments Markets
Forex, Rub, Spot Indices, Stocks and Stock CFDs, Spot Metals, Spot Commodities, Spot Indices Affected hours is not provided yet
26/12/2021 France, Germany, Spain Christmas Holiday Trading Schedule
Instruments Markets
Forex, Rub, Spot Indices, Stocks and Stock CFDs, Spot Metals, Spot Commodities, Spot Indices Affected hours is not provided yet
27/12/2021 Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, UK Christmas Day (obs) Trading Schedule
Instruments Markets
Forex, Rub, Spot Indices, Stocks and Stock CFDs, Spot Metals, Spot Commodities, Spot Indices Affected hours is not provided yet
28/12/2021 Canada, Australia, UK Boxing Day Trading Schedule
Instruments Markets
Forex, Rub, Spot Indices, Stocks and Stock CFDs, Spot Metals, Spot Commodities, Spot Indices Affected hours is not provided yet
31/12/2021 Russia Market Holiday Trading Schedule
There are no markets affected by this event

Please note: schedule is preliminary as final schedule of trading hours for instruments above is not available yet.

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