Holiday trading hours on Christmas and New Year

21.12.2020

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 21:00 Holiday
25 December Opens 23:00 Holiday
31 December Closes 21:00 Closes 10:00
1 January Opens 23:00 Holiday


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

Instrument 24 December 25 December 28 December 31 December 1 January 4 January
Forex Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
Cryptocurrencies Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
US30 Closes at 18:10 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
SPX500 Closes at 18:10 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
NAS100 Closes at 18:10 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
USDINDEX Closes at 18:10 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
UK100 Closes at 12:50 Closed Closed Closes at 12:50 Closed Opens at 01:00
GER30 Closed Closed Opens at 00:15 Closed Closed Opens at 00:15
FRA40 Closes at 12:50 Closed Opens at 07:00 Closes at 12:50 Closed Opens at 07:00
ESP35 Closes at 13:00 Closed Normal trading Closes at 13:00 Closed Normal trading
EUSTX50 Closed Closed Normal trading Closed Closed Normal trading
AUS200 Closes at 05:30 Closed Closed Closes at 05:30 Closed Normal trading
JPN225 Closes at 18:10 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
WTI Closes at 18:30 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
BRENT Closes at 18:30 Closed Normal trading Closes at 19:45 Closed Normal trading
USOIL Closes at 18:30 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
UKOIL Closes at 18:30 Closed Normal trading Closes at 19:45 Closed Normal trading
NGAS Closes at 18:00 Closed Normal trading Closes at 19:30 Closed Normal trading
XAU/USD Closes at 18:30 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
XAU/EUR Closes at 18:30 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
XAG/USD Closes at 18:30 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
XPT/USD Closes at 18:00 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
XPD/USD Closes at 18:00 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
Copper Closes at 18:00 Closed Normal trading Closes at 21:00 Closed Normal trading
Equities Germany Closed Closed Normal trading Closed Closed Normal trading
Equities France Closes at 13:05 Closed Normal trading Closes at 13:05 Closed Normal trading
Equities USA Closes at 18:00 Closed Normal trading Normal trading Closed Normal trading

Important: On 23 December GER30 will closed at 20:55. On 29 December UK100 will open at 01:00. On 30 December German equities will closed at 13:15 and GER30 will closed at 20:55.

*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