US Labour day trading hours – September 2nd
Please find below the trading schedule for 2nd September 2013 (Labor Day – USA). Many of the Index and commodity CFDs will stop trading early, almost 4 hours prior to roll-over (00:00 platform time) and recommence an hour after roll-over.
All times listed are platform time (GMT+3).
Forex
Normal Trading Hours
Metals
Monday September 2nd – Early close at 20:15 platform time. Pricing resumes at 01:00 platform time.
Index CFDs
| Index CFDs | Symbol | Close Time | Open Time |
| Australia 200 Index | .AUS200 | 2/09/2013 17:00 | 3/09/2013 2:50 |
| Japan 225 Index | .JP225 | 2/09/2013 21:00 | 3/09/2013 2:45 |
| US Small Cap 2000 Index | .US2000 | 2/09/2013 18:30 | 3/09/2013 3:00 |
| US SPX 500 Index | .US500 | 2/09/2013 18:30 | 3/09/2013 1:00 |
| US Tech 100 Index | .USTEC | 2/09/2013 18:30 | 3/09/2013 1:00 |
| US Wall Street 30 Inde | .US30 | 2/09/2013 18:30 | 3/09/2013 1:00 |
Commodity CFDs
| Commodity CFDs | Symbol | Close Time | Open Time |
| Spot Brent Crude Oil | .BRENT | 2/09/2013 20:30 | 3/09/2013 3:00 |
| Spot Gold | .GOLD | 2/09/2013 20:15 | 3/09/2013 1:00 |
| Spot Silver | .SILVER | 2/09/2013 20:15 | 3/09/2013 1:00 |
| Spot WTI Light Crude Oil | .WTI | 2/09/2013 20:15 | 3/09/2013 1:00 |
Low Liquidity / Wider Spreads
Due to lower liquidity over this holiday period spreads may be wider than normal and there may be increased volatility due to fewer liquidity providers pricing over this period. Please ensure that you maintain sufficient funds in your trading account to ensure you are not effected by these market conditions.
IC Markets support and accounts department will continue to operate as normal.
