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01.07.2025

Trading schedule for US Independence Day

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Dear clients, Due to the US Independence day celebrations, markets wiill work with different trading hours on 4th of July 2025. Instruments 3 July 4 July FX Regular trading Regular trading Crypto Regular trading Regular trading US Equities Closes 17:00 Closed all day EU Equities Regular trading Regular trading US30 Closes ...


10.04.2025

Trading hours of the financial markets and BenchMark during the Easter

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Dear clients,   We present you the working hours of BenchMark and our trading platforms on 18 and 21 April 2025: Working hours for BenchMark:   18 and 21 April Customer support Standard working hours MetaTrader 4/5 Standard working hours Card payments Standard working hours ePay payments Standard working hours Wire ...


29.08.2024

Working hours of BenchMark on September 2 and 6

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Dear clients, We present you the working hours of BenchMark and our trading platforms on 6 September 2024 (Friday): Working hours for BenchMark:   6 September Customer support Standard working hours MetaTrader 4/5 Standard working hours Card payments Standard working hours ePay payments Standard working hours Wire ...


29.02.2024

Holiday working hours on 4 March (Monday)

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Dear clients, We would like to inform you about the working hours of BenchMark and the trading platform on 4 March 2024: Working hours for BenchMark Operations Working hours on 4 March Customer support Regular working hours Card payments Regular working hours Bank deposits Not available Desk operations Not ...


20.07.2023

NEW: Updated version of MetaTrader 5 Web platform

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Dear clients, You can now access the fully updated Web version of the MetaTrader 5 platform! Some of the competitive advantages of the version are:   ✔ The interface that automatically adapts to the device accessing the platform;   ✔ The ability to completely replace the mobile application, supporting all available ...


15.06.2023

Trading hours of the financial markets on June 19 (Monday)

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Dear clients, Due to the official holiday in United States (Juneteenth), on June 19 some trading instruments will work with different trading hours. You can see the working hours in MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms here: Instrument 19 June Currencies Regular working hours Cryptocurrencies Regular working hours US30 Early close ...


15.03.2023

Analysis | The bankruptcy of SVB: will the crisis of 2008 repeat itself?

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At the end of last week and the beginning of the current, financial markets were shocked by the news of the bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The event triggered a sell-off and led to declines in stock indexes. In the US, bank stocks suffered significant losses, with some smaller regional banks down 60-70%. SVB is an American bank that specializes in lending ...


03.02.2023

BenchMark is the investment intermediary with the highest turnover on the BSE for 2022

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Bulgarian Stock Exchange recorded another one of the most successful years in its history and awarded those who contributed to the development of the capital market in our country. The turnover of BSE for 2022 amounts to BGN 1.004 billion, which is 23% more compared to the previous year. This is the highest turnover for the past nine years. The number of ...


02.02.2023

Analysis | Is the S&P 500 bear market coming to an end?

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After bottoming out in mid-October 2022, the S&P 500 index, which includes the 500 largest US companies, managed to recover some of the losses. Looking at the daily chart of the instrument, we can't help but notice an interesting technical situation - the “golden crossing” which took shape this week. What is “Golden Crossing“? The ...


24.01.2023

Analysis | Investment banks predict a strong year for the euro

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The past year was dynamic for the euro. In September, it fell to 0.95 against the dollar (the lowest level for the last 20 years), and at the end of 2022, the euro made up some of the losses. The main reason for the recent appreciation in the euro is the approaching end of the cycle of raising interest rates by the Fed. On the other hand, the European Central Bank ...