Khaberni - The Saudi Stock Exchange «Tadawul» has announced the organization of official working hours within the financial markets throughout the holy month of Ramadan, confirming the continuation of trading schedules unchanged.
The «Tadawul» Saudi aims to ensure the stability of financial operations and enhance performance efficiency within its various markets through organizing working hours during the holy month, serving the aspirations of investors.
The trading sessions will continue in the main and parallel markets, as well as the traded funds, sukuk, bonds, and financial derivatives markets. These sessions will provide their services according to the prescribed times to ensure the smooth flow of financial transactions throughout the days of the blessed month of Ramadan.
The Saudi Stock Exchange "Tadawul" has determined the schedule for the Eid al-Fitr holiday for the year 2026 as a temporary cessation of investment activities before the activity resumes its usual vitality upon the completion of the specified period.
The company "Saudi Tadawul" is the only official entity legally responsible for regulating the stock market within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ensuring to provide a secure and direct trading system for investors that follows the most precise laws applied in global exchanges. In the following report, we review the working hours of the Saudi stock market during Ramadan 2026.
The "Saudi Tadawul" company announced the working hours during the month of Ramadan for the year 2026, which includes all market sectors. According to the official announcement, these approved hours will apply to the main market, the "Nomu" market designated for small companies, as well as the sukuk and bonds markets, and index funds, as detailed in the following points:
The opening auction session will start at 09:30 AM and continue until 10:00 AM.
The open market trading period will start from 10:00 AM until 03:00 PM.
The closing auction session begins precisely at 03:00 PM and ends at 03:10 PM.
The period from 03:10 PM to 03:20 PM is allocated for trading at the set closing price.
The day's business ends with the post-trading session which spans from 03:20 PM to 04:00 PM.
Trading hours in the traded funds market
The opening auction session is organized in the morning between 09:30 AM and 10:00 AM.
The market opens for trading funds from 10:00 AM until 03:00 PM.
The post-trading session starts immediately at 03:00 PM and continues until 04:00 PM.
Trading hours in the sukuk and bonds market
The opening auction phase starts from 09:30 AM until 10:00 AM.
The continuous trading period in the sukuk market starts from 10:00 AM and closes at 03:00 PM.
The post-trading session is allocated to start from 03:00 PM and ends at 04:00 PM.
Trading hours in the financial derivatives market
The opening auction in the financial derivatives market starts early from 09:00 AM until 09:30 AM.
Trading operations in the open market are available from 09:30 AM until 03:30 PM.
The final post-trading sessions end from 03:30 PM until 04:00 PM.
Saudi Stock Exchange «Tadawul»
Eid al-Fitr holiday schedule in the Saudi Stock Exchange for the year 2026
"Saudi Tadawul" indicated that the Eid al-Fitr holiday schedule for the Saudi Stock Market for the year 2026 will begin at the end of work on Monday, March 16, 2026, which corresponds to the 27th of Ramadan in the year 1447 Hijri. The company also noted that work will resume after the end of the holiday from Tuesday, March 24, 2026, corresponding to the 5th of Shawwal of the year 1447 Hijri.
