US Stock Market Timings – Dow Jones, NASDAQ, NYSE

Are you stationed in an India Geographic location? You can still do trading with International Markets and earn your profits comfortingly. 

If you feel that cutting across the national boundaries can enable you to make good money in trading then you need to know the stock exchange timing.

Here, when you plan to conduct trading in the US context you will require to know the details that specify the timings of stock exchange trading. 

If you aren’t aware, then let me tell you the way you witness in India (NSE/BSE), you will observe NYSE/NASDAQ in the USA.

Note:

Both the stock exchanges ( NYSE/NASDAQ) have the same IST for India and they have been derived by converting the Eastern Time to Indian Standard Time. 

About NASDAQ

NASDAQ is the first automated exchange in the world, with its business operations opened in 1971.

Nasdaq comprises 2,500 listed companies, the most sought for, stock market indexes, and stands a reference for the US and Other global economies.

The Nasdaq focuses on the technology trades, listed  with 500 domestic and foreign companies.

About NYSE

Started on May 17, 1792, with 24 stock brokers signed up for the Buttonwood Agreement and the New York Stock Exchange began with five securities, two were bank stocks, and three government bonds.

The stock exchange began to merge with participants like American Stock Exchange, Euronext and later NYSE Euronext was bought by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in 2013.

A year later, Euronext completely merged with Intercontinental Exchange, ICE through initial public offering, IPO, and subsequently ICE held the ownership of the NYSE. 

In the USA, as said above, NYSE/NASDAQ makes an International presence, and stock brokers, investors, traders across the globe enter into, to engage into the stocks buying/selling activities. 

In a stock exchange scenario, three activities play a prominent role, they are pre-market trading hours, normal trading hours, and after-hours trading. 

Sectionally, each timing represents a specific activity, defined by the respective stock exchanges. 

When you decide to conduct trading in the stock markets of the USA, you will have to check for the International Standard Time, IST. Only in this timing, you will be able to seek access with those specified stock exchanges (NYSE/NASDAQ) opened up for International trading. 

As you align and trade at these stock exchanges, you must know three important time frames introduced to participate in  pre market trading hours, normal trading hours, and after trading hours. 

NYSE/NASDAQ hold the same timing to interact during trading hours, after trading hours, and pre-market trading hours. 

For pre market trading hours, the allotted time frame is between 01:30 pm to 07:00 pm, IST at NYSE/NASDAQ, therefore you need to connect online in this period. 

For normal trading hours, the allotted time frame is between 07:00 PM and 1:30 AM, IST at NYSE/NASDAQ, so you must maintain an online connectivity to conduct trade. 

For after market trading hours, the allotted time frame is between 01:30 am to 05:30 AM, IST at NYSE/NASDAQ, therefore, you can make online interactive sessions with the stock exchanges, if you obtain permissions. 

Stock Exchanges (NSE/BSE) Timings in India:

In contrast to the US stock trade environment, you will find pre open session runs between 09:00 am to 09:15 am at NSE/BSE.

Likewise, the normal trading session runs between 09:15 am and 03:30 pm at NSE/BSE. And, the closing session is between 03:40 pm and 04:00 pm at NSE/BSE. 

The time difference between Indian Stock Markets and US Stock Markets is about 09:00 hours and the US lags almost a half-day behind the Indian stock environment.