Nasdaq plans to extend trading hours for stocks and trading products to 23 hours

Nasdaq has submitted a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to extend the trading hours for stocks and exchange-traded products (ETPs) from 16 hours daily to 23 hours daily, five days a week. The new trading hours will include: daytime trading session (4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Eastern Time), a one-hour market closure (8:00 PM to 9:00 PM), and nighttime trading session (9:00 PM to 4:00 AM the next day).

The entire trading week will start at 9:00 PM on Sunday and end at 8:00 PM on Friday. The existing regular trading hours (9:30 AM to 4:00 PM) will remain unchanged.