Trading hours during the festive season (2024/25)
Over the festive season, our helpdesk will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. There'll also be some changes to our usual trading hours, listed below in UK time:
Tuesday 24 December
- European indices either closed or half-day
- Gilts and 3M-SONIA stops trading at 12.15pm
- UK half day, equities close early at 12.30pm
- The FTSE 100 Index will be quoted out-of-hours from 12.50pm
- US equities close early at 6pm
- Early close at 6:05pm for Cotton, Arabica Coffee, New York Cocoa, Lumber, Orange Juice and Grains
- VIX, US indices, Rates, Bonds and Livestock close early at 6:15pm
- US Energies and Metals close early at 6.45pm
Wednesday 25 December
- All markets are closed
- FX markets reopen at 9pm
- Out-of-hours markets, US rates, US metals, US energies and the VIX reopen at 11pm
Thursday 26 December
- UK markets are closed (with the exception of Brent Crude, ICE WTI, Heating Oil and London Gas Oil which will follow regular hours)
- Hong Kong and Australian markets are closed
- European indices are closed and will be quoted out-of-hours
- NY Coffee, NY Cocoa, NY Sugar and Cotton open late at 12.30pm
- Grains and livestock reopen at 2.30pm
Friday 27 December
- Normal trading hours
Saturday 28 December
- Weekend markets are available
Sunday 29 December
- Weekend markets are available
Monday 30 December
- Normal trading hours
Tuesday 31 December
- European indices either closed or half-day
- Gilts and 3M-SONIA stops trading at 12.15pm
- UK half day, equities close early at 12.30pm
- The FTSE 100 Index will be quoted out-of-hours from 12.50pm
- London Cocoa closes at 4.55pm
- UK and EU natural gas stops trading at 5pm
- Robusta Coffee closes at 5.30pm
- London Sugar closes at 6pm
- Brent Crude, ICE WTI, London Gas Oil close at 8pm
Wednesday 1 January
- All markets are closed
- FX markets reopen at 9pm
- Out-of-hours markets, US rates, US metals, US energies and the VIX reopen at 11pm
Thursday 2 January
- Japanese markets are closed
- Grains open at 2.30pm
- Normal trading hours resume in other markets
Friday 3 January
- Japanese markets are closed
