Nasdaq Plans to Launch 24-Hour Trading Next Year
Key Points
- Nasdaq plans to move its 24-hour trading model five days a week starting from the second half of 2026.
- The move aims to expand access to the U.S. market to international merchants, exchange president Tal Cohen said.
- Cohen said Nasdaq has begun interacting with regulators to make the move.
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Nasdaq president Tal Cohen said in a LinkedIn article Friday that the exchange has begun talking to regulators and is expected to take effect in the second half of 2026.
The goal is to “enhance access to people operating across different time zones,” Cohen said, and retail investors are more interested in the U.S. market than ever before. Cohen pointed out that foreign stocks in U.S. stocks hit $17 trillion in June, almost double the investment level five years ago.
October, New York Stock Exchange Announced a similar plan to expand its digital transactions to 22 hours a dayfrom 1:30 am ET to 11:30 ET.
this Securities and Exchange Commissionfederal agencies oversee the U.S. market and declined to comment.