Holiday trading hours on Christmas and New Year

17.12.2025

Dear clients,

Please note that due to the upcoming Christmas and New Year Holiday period, our trading hours will be slightly modified. These changes will take place as follows:

Working hours for BenchMark:

Date

Customer Services

Front and Backoffice

23 December Normal trading hours Normal trading hours
24 December Normal trading hours Closed
25 December Closed Closed
26 December Normal trading hours Closed
30 December
Normal trading hours To 10:00
31 December Normal trading hours Closed
1 January Closed Closed
2 January
Normal trading hours
Closed

 

Working hours for MetaTrader 4 and 5, can be found in the table below:

Instrument 24 December 25 December 26 December 29 December 30 December 31 December 1 January 2 January
Forex Normal trading Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
Cryptocurrencies Normal trading Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
US30 Closes at 18:15 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
SPX500 Closes at 18:15 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
NAS100 Closes at 18:15 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
USDINDEX Closes at 18:15 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
UK100 Closes at 12:50 Closed  Closed Opens at 01:00 Normal trading Closes at 12:50 Closed  Opens at 01:00 
GER30 Closed Closed Closed Opens at 00:15 Closes at 21:00 Closed  Closed  Opens at 00:15 
FRA40 Closes at 13:00 Closed  Closed Normal trading Normal trading Closes at 13:00 Closed  Normal trading  
ESP35 Closes at 13:00 Closed  Closed Normal trading Normal trading Closes at 13:00 Closed  Normal trading 
EUSTX50 Closed Closed Closed Normal trading Normal trading Closed  Closed  Normal trading 
JPN225 Closes at 18:15 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
WTI Closes at 18:30 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading    Closed  Normal trading 
BRENT Closes at 18:30 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Closes at 19:30 Closed  Normal trading 
USOIL Closes at 18:30 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
UKOIL Closes at 18:30 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Closes at 19:30 Closed  Normal trading 
NGAS Closes at 18:30 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
XAU/USD Closes at 18:30 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
XAU/EUR Closes at 18:30 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
XAG/USD Closes at 18:30 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
XAG/EUR Closes at 18:30 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
XPT/USD Closes at 18:30 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
XPD/USD Closes at 18:30 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 
Equities Germany Closed Closed Closed Normal trading Closes at 13:00 Closed  Closed  Normal trading 
Equities France Closes at 13:55 Closed  Closed Normal trading Normal trading Closes at 12:55  Closed  Normal trading 
Equities USA Closes at 18:00 Closed  Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading Normal trading  Closed  Normal trading 

*On 23 December GER30 will close at 21:00.

If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

BenchMark