During the festive period, our helpdesk is closed on Christmas and New Year's Day. There'll also be some changes to our normal trading hours. All times listed are in AEDT.
| Date | Market hours (AEDT) |
|---|---|
| Friday 22 December | Australian shares and the Australia 200 Index are open as normal.
The FTSE 100 Index will be quoted out-of-hours from 23.50pm.
UK equities close early at 23.30pm.
UK agricultural commodities close at 23.23pm.
All other markets, including US Shares, are open as normal. |
| Saturday 23 December | FX and our out-of-hours markets close at 9am.
Brent Crude, ICE WTI, London Gas Oil close at 7am.
Weekend markets are available. |
| Sunday 24 December | Weekend markets are available. |
| Monday 25 December | All markets are closed. |
| Tuesday 26 December | FX markets reopen at 8am. Out-of-hours markets, US rates, US metals, US energies and the VIX reopen at 10am.
Australian and Hong Kong Shares are closed. Australia 200 index and Hong Kong indices will be quoted out-of-hours. European indices are closed and will also be quoted out-of-hours.
US Shares open as normal.
UK Shares and commodities are closed (with the exception of Brent Crude, ICE WTI, and London Gas Oil which will follow regular hours).
Options and Binaries will re-open from 7pm.
NY Coffee, NY Cocoa, NY Sugar and Cotton open late at 23.30pm. |
| Wednesday 27 December | Normal trading hours on all markets. |
| Thursday 28 December | Grains and livestock reopen at 1.30am.
Normal Trading hours on all other markets. |
| Friday 29 December | Australian shares and the Australia 200 Index are open as normal.
The FTSE 100 Index will be quoted out-of-hours from 23.50pm.
UK equities close early at 23.30pm.
UK agricultural commodities close at 23.23pm.
All other markets, including US Shares, are open as normal. |
| Saturday 30 December | Weekend markets are available.
Brent Crude, ICE WTI, London Gas Oil close at 7am. |
| Sunday 31 December | Weekend markets are available. |
| Monday 1 January | All markets are closed. |
| Tuesday 2 January | FX markets reopen at 8am. Out-of-hours markets, US rates, US metals, US energies and the VIX reopen at 10am.
Japanese Equities are closed.
Normal trading hours resume in all other markets including Australian shares and Australia 200 index. |
| Wednesday 3 January | Japanese equities are closed. |
We have tried to make this information as accurate as possible, but it is intended for guidance only and is subject to change.
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