The US Securities and Exchange Commission has approved extending trading on Nasdaq to 23 hours a day, five days a week. The key point for readers of this research is not the number of hours, but their position on your clock: the new night session falls entirely within Gulf morning and working hours. Who will provide liquidity during those hours? What changes for the closing price, indices and investment funds? And how should investors approach a near-empty market before it fills up?
On 10 April 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Nasdaq's proposal to divide the trading day into two sessions. The Day Session runs from 4:00 AM to 8:00 PM New York time, while the Night Session runs from 9:00 PM to 4:00 AM the following day. The market will therefore close for only one hour each day. The exchange is targeting the launch of the new system on Sunday 6 December 2026, subject to the readiness of Clearing infrastructure and market data.
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