Gold / XAUUSD trading hours

Which gold market does this clock describe?

The status belongs to one named broker profile: Pepperstone Markets Limited, ordinary spot-gold CFD XAUUSD on MT5. The entity, platform and symbol stay visible alongside the result. A similar symbol at another broker, or even a different platform at the same broker, is not enough to establish matching hours. [2] [1]

The comparison of three profiles is a reference to published schedules in each source clock. It does not switch the live reference or report three brokers as open. Read the reference status and evidence together: a schedule calculation is not an execution check, a price feed or a confirmation from your trading account.

Opening, daily breaks and the weekend

Opening times, daily breaks and weekend closures are shown in the tool above for the named Pepperstone MT5 profile. Open the daily intervals to see local times and the original source clock. Hours can change, so this guide does not repeat a fixed weekly timetable. MT4 and other platforms must be checked separately. [1]

At a boundary, the ending interval stops and the next interval starts. The model changes at the stated closing minute, not one minute afterwards. The next event and countdown appear only when the current state and the route to that transition have valid evidence. An ordinary weekly opening is not enough to promise a holiday reopening.

Gold / XAUUSD trading hours

Find gold hours in your local time

Choose the time zone first. To check another moment, open “Another date and time” and edit the date and time fields. Use “Return to current time” to resume the current-time view. For India use Asia/Kolkata, for Pakistan Asia/Karachi, and for the UK Europe/London. These choices convert the same instant; they do not change the broker, account region or underlying trading schedule. The interface language does not select a country or time zone.

Read the date as well as the clock time: a Sunday opening in New York can fall on Monday elsewhere. The day view shows intervals for the selected local day, while the comparison retains the source clock. If a local time is skipped by a clock change, correct the input; if it occurs twice, choose the intended occurrence and UTC offset.

Asia, Tokyo, London, New York and their overlap

The session overlay is the tool’s conventional Forex timetable. Tokyo provides Asian-session context; Sydney, London and New York appear as separate windows. London–New York overlap is simply the intersection of those two model windows on the selected date. These bands do not open or close XAUUSD at the reference broker.

There is no universal best session in this tool. An active session band does not establish available liquidity, a particular spread, volatility or a profitable opportunity. Check the broker status first, then treat the session overlay as timing context. A closed or unknown reference state remains closed or unknown even when two Forex sessions overlap.

Why the three broker profiles differ

OANDA’s UK sources describe an OANDA Europe Limited metals-CFD profile. Its ordinary weekly rules and holiday coverage are separate checks. The comparison preserves that profile’s own sources, verification deadline and uncertainty; updating the Pepperstone reference does not renew OANDA’s evidence. [3] [4]

FOREX.com publishes information about ordinary spot gold in its metals FAQ and market-hours pages. Eastern-Time and UTC statements must agree for the relevant date before a rule can be relied on. A conflict remains visible in the comparison until evidence for that exact entity, platform and symbol resolves it; it is not resolved by another broker’s update. [5] [6]

Differences in source clocks, products and platforms are reasons to keep profiles separate. The comparison keeps each source clock even when the main tool uses your time zone. This comparison does not recommend an account or confirm eligibility; check your own platform’s instrument specification and notices.

Daylight saving time and the US–UK mismatch weeks

Pepperstone describes its server clock as GMT+2 in US standard time and GMT+3 in US daylight time. This tool represents that policy as New York wall time plus seven hours. It does not substitute a European time zone with superficially similar winter and summer offsets. [1]

The US and UK change clocks on different dates. During the intervening weeks, a New York-based event can shift relative to London even though the broker’s source-clock rule has not changed. Selecting an actual date and an IANA zone accounts for the applicable offset; reusing one fixed UTC or UK-time answer throughout the year does not. [8] [9]

A local day around a daylight saving change can be shorter or longer than 24 hours. The timeline uses its actual elapsed length. Repeated labels do not mean that the same instant is counted twice. [9]

Holidays, early closes and close-only periods

Holiday exceptions come from the relevant broker calendar and appear in the tool’s daily intervals when supported by current evidence. The calendar range and verification deadline are shown under sources. An early-close entry does not certify surrounding dates, and an empty list of exceptions does not prove that the calendar is complete. [1]

An early close ends the session sooner. A close-only state is a different restriction and is used only when evidence explicitly supports it. The ability to place, edit or cancel a pending order during a break also does not mean that trading is open; FOREX.com explicitly distinguishes these operations. [5]

OANDA’s holiday notices are checked separately from its weekly hours. The absence of a newer notice does not prove that a month is fully covered. Missing calendar evidence stays unknown rather than being filled with the standard weekly pattern. [4]

Gold / XAUUSD trading hours

What verified, unknown and stale mean here

The evidence panel identifies the profile version, source links, checked dates, effective interval, verified calendar coverage and next review deadline. Known status requires a valid rule, matching calendar evidence and a review that is still current. A gap, conflicting sources or an expired review prevents that status from being presented as verified.

Unknown is not another word for closed. It means the available evidence does not justify an open, closed or restricted result for that instant. Selecting a past date does not revive an expired source review. When a transition cannot be supported, the tool withholds the countdown instead of extrapolating through the gap.

The page starts with a server snapshot. Current-time mode follows the clock; selected-time mode keeps your chosen instant while still checking freshness now. Automatic source checks may update the Pepperstone model only after the weekly rules, product scope, clock policy and relevant calendar pass validation. If a check fails, the last validated data expire at their existing deadline and the result becomes unknown where evidence is missing. Automated checks and AI editorial review are not human review.

Physical gold, COMEX, MCX and seven-day products

This page covers the named broker’s ordinary XAUUSD profile. COMEX Gold futures are a separate exchange product with their own contract and calendar. Physical bullion dealing, MCX contracts and Shanghai Gold Exchange products are also outside this profile; their venue or dealer schedules must be checked independently. [7]

FOREX.com identifies XAU/USD 7-Day as a separate weekend Gold CFD market. That product does not make the ordinary spot-gold profile a seven-day market. Product suffixes and platform names matter: do not transfer a weekend offering, a futures schedule or a different symbol’s holiday notice into this clock. [5]

Gold trading hours: questions and answers

Sources and scope

1. Pepperstone: ordinary hours and holiday notices
2. Pepperstone: gold products, symbols and platforms
3. OANDA UK: hours of operation for metals CFDs
4. OANDA UK: published holiday trading notices
5. FOREX.com: ordinary metals and the separate 7-Day gold product
6. FOREX.com: market hours and holiday notices
7. CME Group: COMEX Gold futures
8. GOV.UK: British clock changes
9. NIST: US daylight saving time rules

Forex session reference

Forex Market Hours — Use the parent tool for the broader conventional Forex session map and time-zone context. Return here for the scoped Gold / XAUUSD schedule, breaks and evidence.