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US Independence Day trading hours

Dear Traders,

Please be aware that due to Independence Day in the United States on 4 July 2012, trading times for our index, share, commodity and energy CFD products as well as spot gold and silver will be affected.

All Forex products will trade normal hours.

Index, share, commodity and energy CFD products and spot gold and silver trading times for 3-5 July:

Trading Times 03/07/12 04/07/12 05/07/12
All times are MetaTrader server time Open time Closing time Open time Closing time Open time Closing time
Index CFD's  
US 500 US500. Early close 20:15 Trading halt 20:30-01:00 (05/07/12) Normal
US 30 US30. Early close 20:00 Trading halt 20:30-01:00 (05/07/12) Late open 17:30
NQ 100 NQ100. Early close 20:15 Trading halt 20:30-01:00 (05/07/12) Normal
 
Share CFD's  
NYSE *.US Early close 20:00 Closed Normal
 
Commodity CFD's  
Copper HG. Early close 20:15 Trading halt 20:30-01:00 (05/07/12) Normal
Sugar SB. Normal Closed Normal
Corn ZC. Early close 20:15 Closed Late Open 17:30
Soybean ZS. Early close 20:15 Closed Late Open 17:30
Gold Future GC. Normal Trading halt 20:15-01:00 (05/07/12) Normal
Silver Future SI. Normal Trading halt 20:15-01:00 (05/07/12) Normal
 
Precious metals  
Gold spot XAUUSD Normal Trading halt 20:15-01:00 (05/07/12) Normal
Silver spot XAGUSD Normal Trading halt 20:15-01:00 (05/07/12) Normal
 
Energy CFD's  
Gas G. Normal Early close 20.30 Normal
Brent Oil B. Normal Early close 20.30 Normal
WTI Oil CL. Early close 00:15 Trading halt 20:15-01:00 (05/07/12) Normal

Normal trading hours will resume on 6 July 2012.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Client Services by phone +44 (0)20 7426 2900 or email support@alpari.co.uk.