Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 70% of retail investor accounts lose money when spread betting and/or trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets and CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Changes to market trading hours

Over the Christmas and Easter holidays there are usually a significant number of changes to normal market trading hours.

Our instrument trading hours reflect those in the underlying market. Dates and times may be subject to change; please check the product library in the trading platform for confirmed trading hours. All times shown are UK time.

Our Client Services team are available during market opening hours. If you have any questions, please email us or call us on +44(0)20 7170 8200.

Christmas & new year trading times (2018-19)

View the updated trading times for affected instruments below.

Forex

Forex
Indices
Commodities
Shares
Treasuries
Cryptocurrencies
Digital 100s/Countdowns (Professional clients only)

Forex	Mon 24 Dec	Tue 25 Dec	Mon 31 Dec	Tue 1 Jan 2019
All forex pairs	Close at 18:15	Closed	Close at 22:00	Closed
US Dollar Index	Closes at 18:15	Closed	Closes at 22:00	Closed

Indices	Mon 24 Dec	Tues 25 Dec	Wed 26 Dec	Thu 27 Dec	Mon 31 Dec	Tue 1 Jan 2019	Wed 2 Jan 2019
Australia 200	Closes at 03:30	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closes at 03:30	Closed	Normal
Belgium 20	Closes at 13:05	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closes at 13:05	Closed	Normal
Canada 60	Closes at 18:00	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
China A50	Closes at 18:45	Closed	Opens at 01:00	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
Denmark 20	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
Euro 50	Closed	Closed	Closed	Opens at 00:15	Closed	Closed	Opens at 00:15
Europe 600	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
France 40	Closes at 13:05	Closed	Closed	Opens at 00:15	Closes at 13:05	Closed	Opens at 00:15
Germany 40	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
Germany Mid 50	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
Germany Tech 30	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
Hong Kong 50	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
Hong Kong China H-Shares	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
India 50	Closes at 18:45	Closed	Normal	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
Italy 40	Closes at 12:30	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closes at 12:30	Closed	Normal
Japan 225	Closes at 18:15	Opens at 23:30	Normal	Normal	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:30	Closes at 22:00
Netherlands 25	Closes at 13:05	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closes at 13:05	Closed	Normal
Norway 25	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
Poland 20	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
Singapore Free	Closes at 18:45	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
South Africa 40	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
Spain 35	Closes at 13:00	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closes at 13:00	Closed	Normal
Sweden 30	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
Switzerland 20	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
Taiwan 50	Normal	Closed	Normal	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
UK 100	Closes at 12:50	Closed	Closed	Opens at 01:00	Closes at 12:50	Closed	Opens at 01:00
US 30	Closes at 18:15	Closed, opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Normal	Closes at 22:00	Closed, opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
US NDAQ 100	Closes at 18:15	Closed, opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Normal	Closes at 22:00	Closed, opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
US Small Cap 2000	Closes at 18:15	Closed, opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Normal	Closes at 22:00	Closed, opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
US SPX 500	Closes at 18:15	Closed, opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Normal	Closes at 22:00	Closed, opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
US SPX Midcap 400	Closes at 18:15	Closed, opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Normal	Closes at 22:00	Closed, opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
Volatility Index	Closes at 18:15	Closed, opens at 23:00	Normal	Normal	Normal	Closed, opens at 23:00	Normal

Commodities	Mon 24 Dec	Tue 25 Dec	Wed 26 Dec	Mon 31 Dec	Tue 1 Jan 2019	Wed 2 Jan 2019
Cocoa Bulk Bean	Normal	Closed	Normal	Closes at 16:55	Closed	Normal
Coffee Arabica	Normal	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
Coffee Robusta	Normal	Closed	Normal	Closes at 17:30	Closed	Normal
Copper	Closes at 18:45	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
Corn	Closes at 18:05	Closed	Opens at 14:30	Normal	Closed	Opens at 14:30
Cotton	Closes at 18:30	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
Crude Oil Brent	Closes at 19:00	Closed	Normal	Closes at 20:00	Closed	Normal
Crude Oil West Texas	Closes at 18:45	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
Feeder Cattle	Closes at 18:15	Closed	Opens at 14:30	Normal	Closed	Normal
Gasoline	Closes at 18:45	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
Gold	Closes at 18:45	Closed	Normal	Closes at 22:00	Closed	Normal
Heating Oil	Closes at 18:45	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
Lean Hogs	Closes at 18:15	Closed	Opens at 14:30	Normal	Closed	Opens at 14:30
Live Cattle	Closes at 18:15	Closed	Opens at 14:30	Normal	Closed	Opens at 14:30
Low Sulphur Gasoil	Closes at 19:00	Closed	Normal	Closes at 20:00	Closed	Normal
Lumber	Closes at 18:00	Closed	Pre-open at 12:00; opens at 15:00	Normal	Closed	Normal
Natural Gas	Closes at 18:45	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
Oats	Closes at 18:05	Closed	Opens at 14:30	Normal	Closed	Opens at 14:30
Orange Juice	Normal	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
Palladium	Closes at 18:45	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
Platinum	Closes at 18:45	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00
Rough Rice	Closes at 18:05	Closed	Opens at 14:30	Normal	Closed	Opens at 14:30
Silver	Closes at 18:45	Closed	Normal	Closes at 22:00	Closed	Normal
Soybean	Closes at 18:05	Closed	Opens at 14:30	Normal	Closed	Opens at 14:30
Soybean Meal	Closes at 18:05	Closed	Opens at 14:30	Normal	Closed	Opens at 14:30
Soybean Oil	Closes at 18:05	Closed	Opens at 14:30	Normal	Closed	Opens at 14:30
Sugar Raw	Normal	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
Sugar White	Normal	Closed	Normal	Closes at 18:00	Closed	Normal
US Cocoa	Normal	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal
Wheat	Closes at 18:15	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Normal	Closed	Opens at 14:30

Shares	Sun 23 Dec	Mon 24 Dec	Tue 25 Dec	Wed 26 Dec	Fri 28 Dec	Sun 30 Dec	Mon 31 Dec	Tue 1 Jan	Wed 2 Jan	Thu 3 Jan
Australia	Normal	Closes at 03:10	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closes at 03:10	Opens at 23:00	Normal	Normal
Austria	Normal	Closed	Closed	Closed	Half day	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal
Belgium	Normal	Closes at 12:55	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closes at 12:55	Closed	Normal	Normal
Canada	Normal	Closes at 18:00	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal	Normal
Denmark	Normal	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal
Finland	Normal	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal
France	Normal	Closes at 12:55	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closes at 12:55	Closed	Normal	Normal
Germany	Normal	Closed	Closed	Closed	Half day	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal
Netherlands	Normal	Closes at 12:55	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closes at 12:55	Closed	Normal	Normal
Hong Kong	Normal	Closes at 04:00	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closes at 04:00	Closed	Normal	Normal
Ireland	Normal	Closes at 12:28	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closes at 12:28	Closed	Normal	Normal
Italy	Normal	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal
Japan	Normal	Closed	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
New Zealand	Closes at 23:45	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closes at 23:45	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal
Norway	Normal	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal
Poland	Normal	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal
Portugal	Normal	Closes at 12:55	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closes at 12:55	Closed	Normal	Normal
Singapore	Normal	Closes at 04:00	Closed	Normal	Normal	Normal	Closes at 04:00	Closed	Normal	Normal
Spain	Normal	Closes at 13:00	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closes at 13:00	Closed	Normal	Normal
Sweden	Normal	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal
Switzerland	Normal	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Closed	Closed	Normal
UK	Normal	Closes at 12:30	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closes at 12:30	Closed	Normal	Normal
US NYSE	Normal	Closes at 18:00	Closed	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal	Normal
US NDAQ	Normal	Closes at 18:00	Closed	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Closed	Normal	Normal

Treasuries	Mon 24 Dec	Tue 25 Dec	Wed 26 Dec	Mon 31 Dec	Tue 1 Jan 2019
Canada Bank 3 Month	Closes 18:30	Closed	Closed	Closes at 18:30	Closed
Canada Bank 10 Year	Closes 18:30	Closed	Normal	Closes at 18:30	Closed
Euribor	Closes at 12:15	Closed	Closed	Closes at 12:15	Closed
Euro Bobl	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Euro BTP	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Euro BTP 3 YR	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Euro Bund	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Euro Buxl	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Euro OAT	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Eurodollar	Closes at 18:15	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00
Euro Schatz	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
UK Gilt	Closes at 12:15	Closed	Normal	Closes at 12:15	Closed
Japan JGB	Normal	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed
UK Short Sterling	Closes at 12:15	Closed	Closed	Closes at 12:15	Closed
US Fed Funds 30 Day	Closes at 18:15	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00
US T-Bond	Closes at 18:15	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00
US T-Bond Ultra	Closes at 18:15	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00
US T-Note 10 YR	Closes at 18:15	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00
US T-Note 2 YR	Closes at 18:15	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00
US T-Note 5 YR	Closes at 18:15	Opens at 23:00	Closes at 22:00	Closes at 22:00	Opens at 23:00

Cryptocurrencies	Mon 24 Dec	Tue 25 Dec	Tue 1 Jan 2019	Wed 2 Jan 2019
Bitcoin	Closes at 18:00	Opens at 23:00	Closed	Normal
Bitcoin Cash	Closes at 18:00	Opens at 23:00	Closed	Normal
Ethereum	Closes at 18:00	Opens at 23:00	Closed	Normal
Litecoin	Closes at 18:00	Opens at 23:00	Closed	Normal
Ripple	Closes at 18:00	Opens at 23:00	Closed	Normal

Digital 100s / Countdowns	Mon 24 Dec	Wed 26 Dec	Thu 27 Dec	Fri 28 Dec	Mon 31 Dec	Tue 1 Jan 2019	Wed 2 Jan 2019
Currencies	Closes at 18:00	Opens at 23:00	Normal	Normal	Normal	Opens at 23:00	Normal
Gold Forward	Normal	Closed	Opens at 08:00	Normal	Normal	Closed	Opens at 08:00
Silver Forward	Normal	Closed	Opens at 08:00	Normal	Normal	Closed	Opens at 08:00
Crude Oil West Texas	Closed	Closed	Opens at 08:00	Normal	Normal	Closed	Opens at 08:00
France 40	Closes at 13:00	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closes at 13:00	Closed	Normal
Germany 40	Closed	Closed	Normal	Closes at 13:00	Closed	Closed	Normal
Italy 40	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
Spain 35	Closes at 13:00	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closes at 13:00	Closed	Normal
Sweden 30	Closed	Closed	Normal	Normal	Closed	Closed	Normal
UK 100	Closes at 12:30	Closed	Opens at 08:00	Normal	Closes at 12:30	Closed	Opens at 08:00
US 30	Closes at 18:00	Closed	Opens at 08:00	Normal	Normal	Closed	Opens at 08:00
US NDAQ 100	Closes at 18:00	Closed	Opens at 08:00	Normal	Normal	Closed	Opens at 08:00
US SPX 500	Closes at 18:00	Closed	Opens at 08:00	Normal	Normal	Closed	Opens at 08:00

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