NYSE becomes latest exchange to extend options hours as appetite for around-the-clock trading grows

The New York Stock Exchange becomes the second major exchange to announce extended-hours options trading for heavily-traded ETFs and single stocks, following CBOE's announcement that it will introduce extended trading for 25 single stocks and five ETFs. Extended options trading hours for the NYSE, which is owned and operated by the Intercontinental Exchange , begin Monday, and will operate from 7:30 AM to 9:25 AM ET, while the new late trading session will operate from 4:00 PM to 4:15 PM ET. Twenty-nine major stocks and funds are available for extended trading including Nvidia , Bank of America , the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust and the iShares Russell 2000 ETF . Beginning Dec.