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Trading Hours & Holidays

Eurex changes

This information is subject to change so please monitor your open positions and orders, and if you have any questions, contact our Client Management team.

On Monday, December 10th, the Eurex exchange will be changing its opening times. Eurex is the exchange for Germany 30, EU Stocks 50, Euro Bund, Euro Bobl and Euro Shatz.

The exchange will open at 00:15 GMT and there will be changes to our market hours.

The grey market hours for the Germany 30 market will shorten and exchange marketing pricing will lengthen.

We will also be offering a new grey market in the EU Stocks 50 and France 40.

Exact details of the new Germany 30 opening hours and the impact to other markets can be seen below:

Germany 30 hours GMT Spreads Change
21:00 - 00:15 6 pts Grey Market
00:15 - 07:00 3 pts New Times Open
07:00 - 08:00 2 pts   
08:00 - 16:30 1 pt   
16:30 - 21:00 2 pts   

UK 100 hours GMT Spreads Change
21:00 - 01:00 6 pts
01:00 - 07:00 3 pts New Tighter Spread
07:00 - 08:00 2 pts   
08:00 - 16:30 1 pt   
16:30 - 21:00 2 pts   

Euro Stocks 50 hours GMT Spreads Change
21:00 - 00:15 5 pts New Grey market
00:15 - 07:00 3 pts New Times Open
07:00 - 08:00 2 pts   
08:00 - 16:30 1.5 pts  New Tighter Spread
16:30 - 21:00 2 pts   

France 40 hours GMT Spreads Change
00:15 - 07:00 5 pts New Grey Market
07:00 - 16:30 1 pt   
16:30 - 21:00 1.5 pts   


Upcoming Holidays

Indices

Product Dec 24 Dec 25 Dec 26 Dec 31 Jan 01 Jan 02
Australia 200 CLOSE 3:30AM GMT NO TRADING NO TRADING CLOSE 3:30AM GMT NO TRADING normal hours
China 50 normal hours NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
EU Stocks 50 NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING normal hours
France 40 CLOSE 1PM GMT NO TRADING NO TRADING CLOSE 1PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours
Germany 30 GREY CLOSE 6.15PM GMT NO TRADING GREY MARKET GREY CLOSE 6.15PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours
Hong Kong 50 CLOSE 4:30AM GMT NO TRADING NO TRADING CLOSE 4:30AM GMT NO TRADING normal hours
Italy 40 NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING normal hours
Japan 225 CLOSE 6.15PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Netherlands 25 CLOSE 1PM GMT NO TRADING NO TRADING CLOSE 1PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours
Singapore Index normal hours NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Spain 35 CLOSE 1PM GMT NO TRADING NO TRADING CLOSE 1PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours
Switzerland 20 NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING
UK 100 GREY 12.30PM to 6.15PM GMT NO TRADING GREY MARKET GREY 12.30PM to 6.15PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours
US Small Cap 2000 CLOSE 6.15PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
US SP 500 CLOSE 6.15PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
US Tech 100 CLOSE 6.15PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Wall Street CLOSE 6.15PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours

Equities

Product Dec 24 Dec 25 Dec 26 Dec 31 Jan 01 Jan 02
United States Equities CLOSE 6 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours

Commodities

Product Dec 24 Dec 25 Dec 26 Dec 31 Jan 01 Jan 02
Corn CLOSE 6:05 PM GMT NO TRADING LATE OPEN 2.30 PM GMT normal hours NO TRADING OPEN 2.30 PM GMT
Cotton CLOSE 6:05 PM GMT NO TRADING LATE OPEN 3 PM GMT normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Heating Oil CLOSE 6:45 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
US Natural Gas CLOSE 6:45 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Soybean CLOSE 6:05 PM GMT NO TRADING LATE OPEN 2.30 PM GMT normal hours NO TRADING OPEN 2.30 PM GMT
Sugar CLOSE 6:05 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Wheat CLOSE 6:05 PM GMT NO TRADING LATE OPEN 2.30 PM GMT normal hours NO TRADING OPEN 2.30 PM GMT
UK Crude Oil CLOSE 6:30 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours CLOSE 7.30 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours
US Crude Oil CLOSE 6:45 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Coffee CLOSE 6:05 PM GMT NO TRADING LATE OPEN 3 PM GMT normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
NY Cocoa CLOSE 6:05 PM GMT NO TRADING LATE OPEN 3 PM GMT normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Copper CLOSE 6:45 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Gold CLOSE 6:45 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Palladium CLOSE 6:45 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Platinum CLOSE 6:45 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Silver CLOSE 6:45 PM GMT NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours

Forex Market Hours


FX markets REOPEN 10 PM GMT on Dec 25 AND Jan 1 AND OTHER MARKETS AS NORMAL


Forex Trading is available 24 hours a day from 10:00pm GMT Sunday through 10:00pm GMT on Friday, including most U.S. holidays. Please be advised of the potential for illiquid market conditions particularly at the open of the trading week. These conditions may result in wider spreads for some currency pairs based on market liquidity.

Spot Gold and Silver Market Hours


Spot gold and silver trading is available 23 hours a day from 11pm GMT Sunday through 10pm GMT Friday. Trading is closed from 10pm to 11pm GMT daily. Spot gold and silver trading also follow CME holiday closures.

Market hours and holidays are subject to change. We will keep this information up-to-date on a best efforts basis. Please be advised that on the holiday dates, there may be periods of limited liquidity in some markets.