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Is Wall Street ready to stay up all night?

New York Stock Exchange at 11 Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City.
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The New York Stock Exchange is looking to trade for 22 hours a day — raising thorny questions about how equity markets function.

31 January, 2025 by Jennifer Hughes in New York

On Sunday night in Chicago, Steve Quirk by habit checked the S&P 500 futures prices and noted a large fall. The following day, the markets veteran was looking at figures showing a surge in overnight trading on online broker Robinhood as investor darling