Memorial Day
27 May 2016
Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the USA that usually takes place on the last Monday of May. It remembers all those who died on active military service. And though it is an American holiday, it does mean global market openings and closings are affected for many commodities and indices.
easyMarkets trading hours for this holiday are in the table below. You can always find up to date market opens and closes on our Trading Hours page.
Holiday Schedule - Memorial Day
(May 27-31 - 2016) times GMT
| Product | Close | Re-open | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metals | |||||
| Gold | XAU | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| Silver | XAG | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| Palladium | XPD | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| Platinum | XPT | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| Copper | CPR | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| Energy Products | |||||
| Crude WTI | OIL | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| Crude Brent | BRT | 17:30 | Monday | 00:00 | Tuesday |
| Heating Oil | HEO | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| Gas Oil | GAS | 17:30 | Monday | 00:00 | Tuesday |
| Natural Gas | NGS | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| Commodities | |||||
| Wheat | WHT | 18:10 | Friday | 00:00 | Tuesday |
| Corn | CRN | 18:10 | Friday | 00:00 | Tuesday |
| Soybeans | SOY | 18:10 | Friday | 00:00 | Tuesday |
| Cotton | CTN | 18:15 | Friday | 01:00 | Tuesday |
| Coffee | CFE | 17:25 | Friday | 08:15 | Tuesday |
| Sugar | SGR | 16:55 | Friday | 07:30 | Tuesday |
| Cocoa | CCO | 17:25 | Friday | 08:45 | Tuesday |
| Indices | |||||
| US 500 | SPI | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| US 30 | DOW | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| US Tech | NDQ | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| UK 100 | FTS | 20:00 | Friday | 07:00 | Tuesday |
| Japan 225 | NKI | 17:00 | Monday | 22:00 | Monday |
| USD Index | USX | 17:00 | Monday | 00:00 | Tuesday |
