Economic calendar: When trading resumes after Christmas?

One should not be surprised to find out that economic calendar is almost empty during the Christmas period. Richmond Fed manufacturing index for December will be released at 3:00 pm GMT and is expected to jump from -1 to 1. Few hours later (9:40 pm GMT) API data on oil stockpiles will be released and it is expected to show a 0.7 mb decline. However, the release will come after oil market closes.

Trading hours during the Christmas period are different on many markets. Below we provide a quick guide on exact pre-Christmas closing and post-Christmas opening hours for the most popular markets.

Major indices

Pre-Christmas closes

• DE30 - closed for trading already

• US30, US100, US500 - closes today at 6:00 pm GMT

• UK100 - closes today at 1:00 pm GMT

• CHNComp - closes today at 6:00 pm GMT

Post-Christmas openings

• DE30 - opens Friday, 1:15 am GMT

• US30, US100, US500 - opens Wednesday, 11:05 pm GMT

• UK100 - Friday, 1:00 am GMT

• CHNComp - opens Thursday, 1:15 am GMT

Commodities

Pre-Christmas closes

• OIL - closes today at 6:00 pm GMT

• OIL.WTI - closes today at 6:00 pm GMT

• GOLD - closes today at 6:00 pm GMT

• SOYBEAN - closes today at 6:00 pm GMT

• COFFEE - closes today at 6:00 pm GMT

• COPPER - closes today at 6:00 pm GMT

Post-Christmas openings

• OIL - opens Friday, 1:05 am GMT

• OIL.WTI - opens Thursday, 1:05 am GMT

• GOLD - opens Wednesday, 11:05 pm GMT

• SOYBEAN - opens Thursday, 2:35 pm GMT

• COFFEE - opens Thursday, 1:00 pm GMT

• COPPER - opens Friday, 7:30 am GMT

Major FX markets

• Pre-Christmas close - today at 6:00 pm GMT
• Post-Christmas opening - Thursday, 10:00 pm GMT

Cryptocurrencies will continue to trade throughout the Christmas period.