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City Index trading hours

Discover our CFD trading hours for stocks, indices, commodities and cryptos, as well as our market hours for currencies and Knockout Options.

What are the CFD market opening hours?

CFD market opening hours vary from instrument to instrument. The best way to see a market’s trading times is to log in to the City Index platform and search for your chosen market.

Here are the trading hours for some of our most popular CFD markets:

Index CFD market hours

Market name Trading hours (AEST)
ASX 200 (Australia 200) Monday 08:50 to Saturday 07:00
Dow Jones (Wall Street) Monday 09:00 to Saturday 08:00
Nasdaq 100 (US Tech 100) Monday 09:00 to Saturday 08:00
S&P 500 (US SP 500) Monday 09:00 to Saturday 08:00
FTSE 100 (UK 100) Monday 11:00 to Saturday 07:00
DAX (Germany 40) Monday 10:15 to Saturday 07:00
CAC 40 (France 40) Monday 17:00 to Saturday 07:00
IBEX 35 (Spain 35) Monday 17:00 to Saturday 05:00
FTSE China A50 (China A50) Monday 11:00 to Saturday 07:00
Nikkei 225 (Japan 225) Sunday 09:00 to Saturday 08:00

Learn more about indices market hours

Share CFD market hours

Market name Trading hours (AEST)
Australian stocks Monday to Friday 10:00 – 16:00
US stocks Monday to Friday 00:30 - 07:00
Plus, extended hours on certain stocks
UK stocks Monday to Friday 18:00 – 02:30
EU stocks Monday to Friday 18:00 – 02:30
Singapore stocks Monday to Friday 11:00 – 18:00

Learn more about stock market hours

Commodity CFD market hours

Market name Trading hours (AEST)
US Crude (WTI) futures 08:00 Monday to 07:00 Saturday (except from 07:00 to 08:00)
UK Crude (Brent) futures 08:00 Monday to 07:00 Saturday (except from 07:00 to 08:00)
Heating oil futures 08:00 Monday to 07:00 Saturday (except from 07:00 to 08:00)
Gas oil futures 08:00 Monday to 07:00 Saturday (except from 07:00 to 08:00)
Gold futures 08:00 Monday to 07:00 Saturday (except from 07:00 to 08:00)
Silver futures 08:00 Monday to 07:00 Saturday (except from 07:00 to 08:00)
Corn futures 10:00 Monday to 04:15 Saturday (except 22:45 to 23:30)

Learn more about commodity market hours

Cryptocurrency CFD market hours

Market name Trading hours (AEST)
Bitcoin Monday 07:00 - Saturday 07:00
Cardano Monday 07:00 - Saturday 07:00
Dogecoin Monday 07:00 - Saturday 07:00
Ethereum Monday 07:00 - Saturday 07:00
Litecoin Monday 07:00 - Saturday 07:00
Solana Monday 07:00 - Saturday 07:00
Ripple Monday 07:00 - Saturday 07:00

Learn about cryptocurrency trading

Forex market opening times


Available 24 hours a day from 08:00 (AEST) on a Monday morning to 08:00 (AEST) on a Saturday morning.

You’ll have the choice of trading 84 global FX pairs, with spreads from just 0.5 points with a standard CFD account or from 0.0 pips with our new Raw FX account.*

Learn more about forex market hours

Please be advised of the potential for illiquid market conditions, particularly at the opening of the trading week. These conditions may result in wider spreads for some currency pairs.

*Under certain circumstances zero spreads will not be possible.

Knockout Option market opening times


Knockout Options trade 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday with trading breaks dependent on the underlying market in question.

KOs are available across major FX, indices and commodities markets. You can find the full list of available markets in our platform under the ‘Knockout Options’ section of the ‘Markets’ list, located on the ‘Browse Markets’ tab.

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Market holidays

Please see the table below for further details. All times listed are AEST.

  • Equities
  • FX
  • Indices
  • Bonds / rates
  • Commodities
  • Metals
  • Bitcoin
Name Mon 18 Mar Wed 20 Mar Wed 27 Mar Thu 28 Mar Fri 29 Mar Mon 1 Apr
Australia normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Austria normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Belgium normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Canada normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Denmark normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING
Finland normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
France normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Germany normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Hong Kong normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Ireland normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Italy normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Japan normal hours NO TRADING normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours
Mexico NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING normal hours
Netherlands normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Norway normal hours normal hours CLOSE 11PM NO TRADING NO TRADING NO TRADING
Portugal normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Singapore normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Spain normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Sweden normal hours normal hours normal hours CLOSE 10.55PM NO TRADING NO TRADING
Switzerland normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
United Kingdom normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
United States normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Name Mon 18 Mar Wed 20 Mar Wed 27 Mar Thu 28 Mar Fri 29 Mar Mon 1 Apr
FX pairs normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours
Name Mon 18 Mar Wed 20 Mar Wed 27 Mar Thu 28 Mar Fri 29 Mar Mon 1 Apr
Australia 200 normal hours normal hours normal hours CLOSE MIDNIGHT ND NO TRADING NO TRADING
China A50 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours
EU Stocks 50 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
France 40 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Germany 40 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING GREY
Hong Kong 50 & HSCEI normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Italy 40 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Japan 225 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Mexico NO TRADING normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING normal hours
MSCI China A50 Connect normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Netherlands 25 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Singapore Index normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours
Spain 35 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Switzerland 20 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
UK 100 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING GREY
US Dollar Index normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
US Small Cap 2000 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
US SP 500 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
US Tech 100 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Volatility Index normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Wall Street normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Name Mon 18 Mar Wed 20 Mar Wed 27 Mar Thu 28 Mar Fri 29 Mar Mon 1 Apr
3-Month SOFR normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
3mth O/N Stg SONIA normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
BTP Italian Bonds normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Euribor 3mth normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Euro Bobl normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Euro Bund normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Euro Schatz normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Japanese 10yr normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours
UK Long Gilt normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
US T-Bond & Ultra Bond normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
US T-Note 10Yr normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
US T-Note 2Yr normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
US T-Note 5Yr normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Name Mon 18 Mar Wed 20 Mar Wed 27 Mar Thu 28 Mar Fri 29 Mar Mon 1 Apr
Canola normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Carbon Emissions (EUA) normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Coffee C normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING OPEN 10.30PM
Corn normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Cotton No 2 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Feeder Cattle normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Gas Oil normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Gas RBOB normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Hard Red Winter Wheat normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Heating Oil normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Iron Ore normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours
Lean Hogs normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Live Cattle normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
London No 7 Cocoa normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
London Wheat normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
MGE Red Wheat normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
N.Y. Cocoa normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING OPEN 10.30PM
Natural Gas normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Oats normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Orange Juice normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Robusta Coffee normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
Soybean normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Soybean Meal normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Soybean Oil normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Sugar No. 11 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING OPEN 10.30PM
Sugar No. 5 normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
TTF Natural Gas normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING NO TRADING
UK Crude Oil normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
US Crude Oil normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Wheat normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Name Mon 18 Mar Wed 20 Mar Wed 27 Mar Thu 28 Mar Fri 29 Mar Mon 1 Apr
Copper normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Gold normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Palladium normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Platinum normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Silver normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours NO TRADING normal hours
Name Mon 18 Mar Wed 20 Mar Wed 27 Mar Thu 28 Mar Fri 29 Mar Mon 1 Apr
Bitcoin normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours normal hours

Market hours FAQs

What time does the forex market open in Australia?

The forex market opens in Australia with the Sydney session, at 08:00 (AEST) on Monday. It runs until 08:00 (AEST) on Saturday when the New York session closes for the weekend.

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Are CFDs traded 24/7?

Some CFD markets do trade 24 hours a day, such as cryptocurrencies and most commodity futures markets. But a lot depends on the individual market hours and your CFD provider’s offering. Most providers won’t offer markets over the weekend.

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What time does the CFD market open?

CFD market opening times depend on the underlying instrument. For example, you can trade CFDs on the ASX 200 from Monday 08:50 to Saturday 07:00, but certain US stocks can be traded from 18:00 to 10:00 AEST.

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When does daylight savings time start and end?

Australian daylight savings time ends at 03:00* on Sunday April 3rd, at which point the country transitions from daylight (AEDT) to standard (AEST). It will start again on Sunday 1 October at 02:00*.

In the UK, daylight savings begins at 01:00* on Sunday March 27th and ends on October 29th at 02:00*. In the US, it starts at 02:00 on Sunday March 13th and ends on November 5th at 02:00*.

*Local time

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