XTB Institutional Expands Commodity Offering and Extends Friday Trading Hours

XTB Institutional, the institutional liquidity and execution arm of XTB Group, has announced changes to its multi-asset offering: five new commodity instruments and an extended Friday trading session, both effective July 3, 2026.

The new contracts — COCOA.EU, COFFEE.EU, NATGAS.EU, ORANGE and SUGAR.EU — broaden the firm’s existing range of more than 5,000 CFD instruments across soft commodities and energy-based derivatives. XTB Institutional said the five instruments can be added to an existing subscription at no additional fee, allowing current partners to expand client access without a separate subscription charge.

Alongside the product additions, XTB Institutional is extending end-of-week trading availability until 23:00 CEST/CET. The move gives brokers and banks a wider window on Fridays to support client activity and respond to late-session price movements. The company said the longer session does not remove weekend risk or guarantee liquidity and pricing at every point, but it widens the operational window before markets close for the weekend.

The changes address two sides of institutional market access, according to the firm. Expanding the instrument list increases the range of markets available to clients, while longer Friday hours improve practical availability. For broker and bank partners, access is only useful if supported by appropriate trading windows, reliable execution, transparent pricing and liquidity conditions that can accommodate client demand.

The commodity additions come as agricultural products such as cocoa, coffee, orange juice and sugar remain sensitive to harvest expectations, weather patterns, transport constraints and shifts in producing regions. Natural gas prices, meanwhile, can be influenced by storage levels, seasonal demand, infrastructure and wider energy-market developments. Geopolitical uncertainty can also affect supply routes and production expectations, keeping commodities relevant both as individual trading opportunities and as indicators of changing supply-demand expectations.

As the B2B-facing arm of XTB Group, XTB Institutional provides brokers and banks with multi-asset liquidity and execution, transparent pricing and scalable partnership models. The latest update builds on that offering by combining additional commodity coverage with a longer end-of-week trading window, giving institutions another way to consolidate access across asset classes through a single liquidity relationship.