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The London Stock Exchange is planning to launch a night-time trading venue in the first half of 2027, joining a growing number of global exchanges offering or planning near-24-hour trading.
According to a <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/11a512f3-22b8-407f-b913-7ebea1c90d03?syn-25a6b1a6=1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">report</a> from the Financial Times, the LSE’s new venue will operate separately from its main market and run from 5:00 p.m. to 7:50 a.m. London time. It will initially offer access to exchange-traded products such as those tracking the UK or US stock market.
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The main market will continue to operate under standard hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
LSE CEO Julia Hoggett told the FT that there was increasing appetite from retail traders “to ⁠use London, given our particular timezone, to gain exposure to not only UK assets but global assets.”

London Stock Exchange eyes overnight trading launch in 2027: FT

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