Notice2026-04015
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule Change To Extend the Exchange's U.S. Equities Trading Hours to 23 Hours a Day, Five Days a Week
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Published
March 2, 2026
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10162-10163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04015]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-104886; File No. SR-Nasdaq-2025-109]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC;
Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a
Proposed Rule Change To Extend the Exchange's U.S. Equities Trading
Hours to 23 Hours a Day, Five Days a Week
February 25, 2026.
On December 29, 2025, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq'' or
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``SEC'' or ``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'' or ``Exchange Act'') \1\ and
Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to extend the Nasdaq
trading hours for U.S. equities to 23 hours a day for five days a week.
The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal
Register on January 13, 2026.\3\ The Commission received comments on
the proposed rule change.\4\
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
\3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 104563 (Jan. 8,
2026), 91 FR 1350 (``Notice'').
\4\ Comment letters on the proposal are available at <a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/public-comments/sr-nasdaq-2025-109">https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/public-comments/sr-nasdaq-2025-109</a>
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Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \5\ provides that within 45 days of the
publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding, or as to which the self-regulatory organization
consents,
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the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change,
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The
45th day after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change
is February 27, 2026. The Commission is extending this 45-day time
period.
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\5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period
within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that it has
sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change. Accordingly, the
Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\6\ designates
April 13, 2026, as the date by which the Commission shall either
approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to
disapprove, the proposed rule change (File No. SR-NASDAQ-2025-109).
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\6\ Id.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\7\
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\7\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-04015 Filed 2-27-26; 8:45 am]
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