Options traders in New York got a longer day on Monday. The New York Stock Exchange used its daily pre-market update from the trading floor to announce that extended trading hours have begun for NYSE American options, giving market participants additional access to listed options before and after the regular session.
The new early session runs from 7:30 a.m. to 9:25 a.m. ET, and a new late session runs from 4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. ET. The initial group of eligible symbols includes SPY, IWM and GLD, along with options on large-cap technology names, the exchange said.
The update, delivered by Kristen Scholer in the NYSE's pre-market advisory, is part of a broader push by U.S. exchanges to capture order flow outside regular hours as options volumes keep climbing.
The same advisory noted that Money20/20 USA is underway in Las Vegas, where the NYSE is the fintech event's exchange and content partner, and that GoDaddy has launched a small-business campaign that will put five winning businesses on a Times Square billboard.
