what is after hours market in usa?dow jones?

Question

i am enquiring what is the after hour s market ? and how it is based

Answer 1

Here is a link to an explination of after hours trading.

http://invest-faq.com/cbc/trade-after-hours.html

I hope that helps.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Investors may trade during the regular trading session from 9:30am - 4:00pm . (This is known as the market hours). Investors may trade in the After Hours Market (4:00-6:30 p.m. ET for NASDAQ stocks and 4:00-8:00 p.m. ET for NYSE and Amex stocks). Participation by Market Makers and ECNs is strictly voluntary and as a result, this session may offer less liquidity and inferior prices. Stock prices may also move more quickly in this environment. (This is great tool for the traders. Most of the earning reports are announced during pre-market or after the market. You may want to dump the share before the market open tomarrow. Of course we do see over reaction for some stocks during this time due to liquidity- not enough people buy and sale. I know there has been talk to link London, Tokyo and New York market so you can trade 24 hours without sleep. But give me a break.)

PS
Market Makers
The NASD member firms that use their own capital, research, retail and/or systems resources to represent a stock and compete with each other to buy and sell the stocks they represent. There are over 500 member firms that act as NASDAQ Market Makers. One of the major differences between The NASDAQ Stock Market and other major markets in the U.S. is NASDAQ's structure of competing Market Makers. Each Market Maker competes for customer order flow by displaying buy and sell quotations for a guaranteed number of shares. Once an order is received, the Market Maker will immediately purchase for or sell from its own inventory, or seek the other side of the trade until it is executed, often in a matter of seconds.

NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business, including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks.

(The trade is based inside the computer or paperless.)