IG Japan adds more US stocks to out-of-hours trading
Electronic trading major IG Japan is making more US stocks available to trade with extended trading hours.
Effective June 2, 2021, the broker will add the stock of five more companies to the list of trading instruments that can be traded out-of-hours. These five companies are:
- Palantir
- Plug Power
- Coinbase
- Tilray
- Ocugen
The above-mentioned five stocks can be traded from 5 pm Japan time to 9 am the next day (6 am the next day only on Fridays).
At the same time, IG Japan is shortening the trading period for the two stocks offered, make it normal trading time. These companies are: American International Group (AIG) and Halliburton.
The broker advises customers who own the following stocks or are considering trading to check the trading time and trade with sufficient margin.
The trading hours for the above-mentioned two stocks will change from 10:30 pm Japan time to 5:00 am the following day.
Out-of-hours trading refers to any trading that takes place outside of regular underlying market hours. Different opportunities present themselves out of hours, and IG can give its clients access to them. In fact, traders can trade out of hours on various markets with IG, including shares, indices, forex and more.