Holiday trading hours on Christmas and New Year

18.12.2018

Dear clients,

Please note that due to the upcoming Christmas and New Year Holiday period, our trading hours will be slightly modified. These changes will take place as follows:

Working hours for BenchMark:

Date

Customer Services

Backoffice

24 December Closes at 20:00 Holiday
25 December Opens 23:00 Holiday
26 December Standard working hours Holiday
31 December Closes 21:00 Closes 10:00
1 January Opens 23:00 Holiday
2 January Standard working hours Standard working hours


Working hours for MetaTrader 4 and 5, can be found in the table below:

Instrument 24 December 25 December 26 December 31 December 1 January 2 January
Forex Closes at 20:00 Opens at 23:00 Open Closes at 21:00 Opens at 23:00 Open
Cryptocurrencies Closes at 20:00 Opens at 23:00 Open Closes at 21:00 Opens at 23:00 Open
US30 Closes at 18:15 Closed Open Closes at 21:00 Closed Open
SPX500 Closes at 18:15 Closed Open Closes at 21:00 Closed Open
NAS100 Closes at 18:15 Closed Open Closes at 21:00 Closed Open
UK100 Closes at 12:50 Closed Closed Closes at 12:50 Closed Open
GER30 Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Open
FRA40 Closes at 13:00 Closed Closed Closes at 13:00 Closed Open
ESP35 Closes at 13:00 Closed Closed Closes at 13:00 Closed Open
EUSTX50 Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Open
AUS200 Closes at 03:30 Closed Closed Closes at 03:30 Closed Open
JPN225 Closes at 18:15 Closed Open Closes at 21:00 Closed Open
HKG50 Closes at 04:00 Closed Closed Closes at 21:00 Closed Open
WTI Closes at 18:30 Closed Open Closes at 21:00 Closed Open
BRENT Closes at 18:30 Closed Open Closes at 19:45 Closed Open
USOIL Closes at 18:30 Closed Open Closes at 21:00 Closed Open
UKOIL Closes at 18:30 Closed Open Closes at 19:45 Closed Open
NGAS Closes at 18:00 Closed Opens at 07:00 Closes at 21:00 Closed Opens at 07:00
XAU/USD Closes at 18:45 Closed Open Closes at 21:00 Closed Open
XAG/USD Closes at 18:45 Closed Open Closes at 21:00 Closed Open
XPT/USD Closes at 18:00 Closed Opens at 07:00 Closes at 21:00 Closed Opens at 07:00
XPD/USD Closes at 18:00 Closed Opens at 07:00 Closes at 21:00 Closed Opens at 07:00
Copper Closes at 18:00 Closed Opens at 07:00 Closes at 21:00 Closed Opens at 07:00
Equities Germany Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Open
Equities France Closes at 13:00 Closed Closed Closes at 13:00 Closed Open
Equities Switzerland Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed
Equities USA Closes at 18:00 Closed Open Open Closed Open

Important: On 27 December GER30 will open at 00:15 and UK100 will open at 01:00. On 28 December German equities will closed at 13:00.

*The listed trading hours are GMT and can be additionally altered in accordance with the market liquidity.


If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

BenchMark