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Trading hours over the Thanksgiving and Black Friday period

There’ll be a few changes to our opening hours over Thanksgiving and Black Friday. All times listed are in AEDT.

Thursday, 28 November

• US equity markets are closed
• US soft commodities are closed
• Lumber and Livestock are closed

Friday, 29 November

• The Volatility Index (VIX) closes at 3.30am and reopens at 10am
• London Sugar closes early at 4am
• US rates close at 5am
• US index futures close at 5am. We’ll offer out-of-hours prices on Wall Street, US 500, US Tech 100 and US Russell 2000 until index futures reopen at 10am
• Brent Crude, London Gas Oil and UK Nat Gas will close at 5.30am
• US metals and energies will close at 6.30am

Saturday, 30 November

• New York Cotton opens at midnight. New York Cotton and Orange Juice close at 5.30am
• US grain futures open at 1.30am and close early at 5.05am
• Lumber trades from 2am to 5.05am, and Livestock trades from 1.30am to 5.05am
• US equity markets close at 5am, and there’ll be no post-market trading.
• US index futures close at 5.15am. We’ll offer out-of- hours prices on Wall Street, US 500, US Tech 100 and US Russell 2000 until 8am
• The Volatility Index (VIX) closes at 5.15am
• US rates and the US Dollar Index close at 5.15am
• US metals and energies will close at 6.45am
• Brent Crude, London Gas Oil and UK Nat Gas will close at 6am
• The futures desk and all 24-hour indices close at 8am, and FX closes at 9am
• Normal trading hours on New York Sugar, New York Coffee and New York Cocoa

These hours are accurate to the best of our knowledge, but it’s possible that they could change.