Holiday Trading Schedule for May 2026

May arrives with two long-weekend pauses — one each side of the Atlantic. Labour Day at the start of the month closes most European indices, and Memorial Day at the end mutes US stocks and metals. Here's the OnFin instrument-level schedule for both, plus the late-open windows when markets reopen.

All times below are based on the trading terminal server time (EET).

Labour Day

Date	Event	Schedule changes
May 1, 2026	Labour Day	DAX40, CAC40, EuroStoxx50, HK50, IBEX35, N25 — pricing off FTSE100 — early close 23:00
May 4, 2026	Post-holiday reopening	DAX40, EuroStoxx50 — late open 03:15 CAC40 — late open 09:00 HK50 — late open 04:15 FTSE100, XALUSD — pricing off
May 5, 2026	Post-holiday reopening	FTSE100 — late open 03:00

Memorial Day

Date	Event	Schedule changes
May 22, 2026	Pre-Memorial Day	FTSE100 — early close 23:00 HK50 — early close 22:00
May 25, 2026	Memorial Day	S&P500, Nasdaq100, DowJones30, Nikkei225, Russell2000 — early close 20:00 DAX40, CAC40, EuroStoxx50 — early close 23:00 Metals, WTI — early close 21:30 Brent — early close 20:30 NGAS — early close 21:15 HK50, FTSE100, XALUSD, CFD Shares US — pricing off
May 26, 2026	Post-Memorial Day reopening	HK50 — late open 04:15 FTSE100 — late open 03:00

Two long weekends, two re-entries — keep these dates on your calendar and decide ahead of time how you'll manage open positions through the closed sessions. We'll see you back at the desk.