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

According to Foresight News , Nasdaq has filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposing to extend trading hours for its stocks and exchange-traded products (ETPs) from 16 hours per day to 23 hours per day, five days a week. The new trading hours will include: a daytime trading session (4:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET), a one-hour break (8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.), and an overnight trading session (9:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. the following day). The entire trading week will begin at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday and end at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The existing regular trading session (9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) will remain unchanged.