Traders Call For Reduction In Market Trading Hours
From marketsmedia.com
Traders in the investment management and banking industries have continued their call for a reduction to market trading hours, making the case to the pan-European exchange, Euronext. Responding to the Euronext consultation which closes today, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and the Investment Association (IA) have called for market trading hours to be shortened by 90-minutes to seven hours, from either 10:00-17:00 or 10:30-17:30 (CET). This latest consultation follows from that of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), which published its results at the beginning of June, and found that a ...
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