The New York Stock Exchange may be open from 9:30 a.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET, but nowadays much of the trading action takes place at the very end of the trading day, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
More than 25 percent of all trading at the NYSE happens after 3:30 p.m. ET, the final half hour of trading, the Journal reported citing data from research firm ITG. The newspaper also said that more than 8 percent of total trading in S&P 500 stocks last year happened at the close, citing data from Credit Suisse.
