Current Issues

Xetra Midpoint successfully launched

Xetra Midpoint is aimed at institutional clients and gives them access to a dark pool that facilitates

Winner of ETF Stream Awards

We are delighted to have received the recognition as “ETF Exchange of the Year” at the ETF Stream Awards.

Introduction of T7 Release 13.1

Deutsche Börse plans to introduce T7 Release 13.1 on 19 May 2025 for the trading venues Xetra and Börse

 

Trading calendar and trading hours

Trading calendar and trading hours Trading venues Xetra and Börse Frankfurt

Trading on Xetra takes place from Mondays to Fridays from 9 until 17:30 CET. Please find further information about the opening or closing auctions in the Auction schedule.

At Börse Frankfurt trading hours are in general from 8 until 22 CET. Differing from this are trading times for bonds (8 until 17:30). 

Non-trading days at Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (FWB®, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange) are*:

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

NewYear'sDay

Monday
01 Jan 2024

Wednesday
01 Jan 2025

Thursday
01 Jan 2026

Friday
01 Jan 2027

Saturday
01 Jan 2028

Monday
01 Jan 2029

GoodFriday

Friday
29 Mar 2024

Friday
18 Apr 2025

Friday
03 Apr 2026

Friday
26 Mar 2027

Friday
14 Apr 2028

Friday
30 Mar 2029

EasterMonday

Monday
01 Apr 2024

Monday
21 Apr 2025

Monday
06 Apr 2026

Monday
29 Mar 2027

Monday
17 Apr 2028 

Monday
02 Apr 2029

LabourDay

Wednesday
01
May2024

Thursday
01
May2025

Friday
01
May2026

Saturday
01
May2027

Monday
01
May2028

Tuesday
01
May2029

ChristmasEve**

Tuesday
24 Dec 2024

Wednesday
24 Dec 2025

Thursday
24 Dec 2026

Friday
24 Dec 2027

Sunday
24 Dec 2028

Monday
24 Dec 2029

ChristmasDay

Wednesday
25 Dec 2024

Thursday
25 Dec 2025

Friday
25 Dec 2026

Saturday
25 Dec 2027

Monday
25 Dec 2028

Tuesday
25 Dec 2029

BoxingDay

Thursday
26 Dec 2024

Friday
26 Dec 2025

Saturday
26 Dec 2026

Sunday
26 Dec 2027

Tuesday
26 Dec 2028

Wednesday
26 Dec 2029

NewYear'sEve**

Tuesday
31 Dec 2024

Wednesday
31 Dec 2025

Thursday
31 Dec 2026

Friday
31 Dec 2027

Sunday
31 Dec 2028

Monday
31 Dec 2029

* The overview is for information purposes only. Changes for future years are not excluded.
** No trading but settlement is open if the holiday is not on a Saturday or Sunday.

Please note that on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt in the remaining year 2024 and in the year 2025 regular stock exchange trading takes place on the following public holidays:

  • German Unity Day (3 October 2024)
  • Ascension Day (29 May 2025)
  • Whit Monday (9 June 2025)
  • Corpus Christi (19 June 2025)
  • German Unity Day (3 October 2025)

Trading on Börse Frankfurt of shares and Exchange traded products ends on public holidays (Germany and State of Hesse) where trading takes place according to the FWB trading calendar at 20:00 CET. Deviating from this, structured products are traded until 22:00 CET on these days.

Market Status

XETR

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Parts of the trading system are currently experiencing technical issues

The trading system is currently experiencing technical issues

Xetra newsboard

The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.

Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Xetra webpage under Technology --> T7 trading architecture --> Emergency procedures. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message

We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.


Emergency procedures


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