CMC Markets Australia has introduced weekend gold CFD trading, providing local clients with access to one of the most actively traded metals when underlying spot and futures markets are closed. The broker announced the launch on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, extending to Australian traders a product first rolled out in April 2026 by the London-listed group.
The initial launch of the "Gold - Weekend" instrument was aimed at clients using the metal for hedging and seeking to adjust positions before the Monday open. With the latest expansion into Australia, CMC Markets is making the weekend product available to its local retail base. As with the earlier introduction, the broker did not disclose pricing, spreads or margin requirements for the weekend gold CFD in its announcement.
The weekend gold instrument joins CMC Markets Australia’s broader suite of extended-hours products, which currently includes 24/7 crypto CFD trading and 24/5 access to major US share CFDs. The offering is a retail-facing CFD priced by CMC Markets itself, allowing clients to respond to market developments outside conventional trading sessions.
Jimmy Pan, Head of Retail Trading at CMC Markets, linked the move to evolving client behaviour. He noted that trading patterns have changed significantly in recent years, with clients increasingly expecting to react to market-moving events outside standard hours instead of waiting for the Monday open.
The Australian rollout is the third weekend gold-related announcement in just over a week. On Tuesday, Sky Links Capital added LBMA gold fixing, options and weekend trading. A week earlier, on June 3, Match-Prime Liquidity began offering 24/7 CFD access to gold, oil and US indices through its CySEC-regulated entity. Together, these launches highlight growing interest in around-the-clock access to gold and other key markets.
The cluster of product launches follows a historic run in gold, with the metal rising from around $2,640 at the start of 2025 to test levels above $5,500 before retreating. For CMC Markets, the Australian weekend gold launch adds to an active period in the Asia-Pacific region. The broker is consolidating its corporate structure in Singapore ahead of a multi-asset platform launch there, and it reported a net profit of £35.7 million on revenue of £186.2 million for the April to September half of its last fiscal year.
