European Investor Exchange extends hours to 6 a.m.–11 p.m. CET

The European Investor Exchange, run by Scalable Capital together with Börse Hannover, will open trading on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Central European Time. The extended hours cover thousands of equities and hundreds of ETFs and allow clients to buy international stocks in euros without foreign-exchange fees.

The operator said the longer hours let retail investors respond to overnight headlines and increase overlap with Asian markets. A 6 a.m. opening captures the peak Asian session; the Tokyo Stock Exchange closes at 7:30 a.m. CET in winter. The exchange noted that about one in ten trades on its platform already takes place before 9 a.m.

The announcement referenced academic research by Bondarenko and Muravyev, which finds the 5:30–9:30 a.m. CET period historically accounts for the entire average U.S. market return.

Order entry and deletion windows remain weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. CET, while execution hours run from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. PRIME+ customers trade at no fee on orders above EUR250; smaller orders incur a EUR0.99 charge. Real-time price data will be provided free of charge.

The platform lists companies from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and other markets, and supports trading in hundreds of ETFs alongside thousands of individual stocks. Trading many foreign shares directly in euros removes the need for currency conversion and associated foreign-exchange fees.

The exchange wrote: “Exchange oversight and trading supervision create transparency, equal opportunities, and fairness. The integration of market makers for reliable liquidity, price quotation according to reference markets in euros (without additional foreign currency costs), and the multilateral matching of client orders inside the spread (\”Inside Match\”) ensure best execution at all times.”

The extended schedule makes the European Investor Exchange one of the earliest-opening venues in Europe. The announcement did not include data on how the longer hours will affect overall liquidity or market microstructure.