Orbex to Shift Server Time to GMT+3 From 9 March for US Daylight Saving
Orbex said it will adjust its server time to GMT+3 on 9 March 2025 for the start of US daylight saving time, with some instruments opening and closing one hour later during 9–30 March. The broker said its usual schedule would apply to all instruments from 31 March and published instrument-level schedules for the interim period.
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Orbex tied the change to the start of US daylight saving time on 9 March 2025 and noted that European daylight saving time begins on 30 March. It said server time would move from GMT+2 to GMT+3 on 9 March, and that between 9 and 30 March some trading instruments would open and close one hour later than usual. From 31 March, it said, the usual trading schedule would apply on all instruments. The schedule columns are labelled Current Schedule GMT+2, Schedule after March 9 GMT+3 and Schedule after March 31 GMT+3.
Later sessions during 9–30 March
The table shows later sessions during 9–30 March for CFD commodities COFFEE at 12:15–20:30 versus 11:15–20:30 previously, USCOCOA at 12:45–20:30 versus 11:45–20:30, and COTTON at 05:00–21:20 versus 04:00–21:20; each is listed to revert on 31 March. UK and EU share CFDs are shown at 11:02–15:00 and 15:03–19:30, from 10:02–14:00 and 14:03–18:30, while US share CFDs are listed at 16:31–23:00 in all three columns. Index CFDs ESP35, EUSTX50, FRA40, HK50, UK100 and DE40 are also shown with later sessions from 9 March and with their earlier times after 31 March; some of these schedules cross midnight in server time.
Table exceptions for AUS200 and GER40
The table does not show every listed market returning exactly to its pre-9 March schedule on 31 March. AUS200 is listed at 01:50–08:30 and 09:10–22:59 both after 9 March and after 31 March, compared with 00:50–07:30 and 08:10–21:59 in the current GMT+2 column. GER40's Friday close is shown at 23:12 after 31 March, versus 23:55 in the current column; after 9 March it is listed with Mon–Thu 02:02–00:59 and Friday close 23:12. DE40 is shown returning to Mon–Thu 02:02–23:59 and Friday close 23:55 after 31 March.
Instruments shown unchanged in clock time
The table lists identical clock times across all three columns for FX, metals, USOIL, UKOIL, NG, US30, SPX 500/US500, NAS100/UT100, JP225 and cryptocurrencies. The text separately states that some instruments will open and close one hour later between 9 and 30 March, and the server-time basis in the three columns changes from GMT+2 to GMT+3.
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