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NYSE seeks delay to corporate announcements made after market close

Exchange says news put out just after 4pm, but before its closing auction completes, can confuse investors

NYSE seeks delay to corporate announcements made after market close

The New York Stock Exchange has filed a proposal that seeks to delay the release of market-moving company news immediately after the official 4 p.m. closing time, MarketWatch reports.

In a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the NYSE said that putting out releases at 4 p.m. can cause a stock to trade at different prices than that of the exchange’s closing auction, which usually happens within five minutes of the close. So-called designated market-makers use a manual closing process, that cannot begin until order-entry acceptance has ended, and the exchange publishes order-imbalance information up to 4 p.m.

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