Taiwan Weighs Longer Stock-Trading Hours Based on Japan’s Model

Taiwan’s centralized stock market currently trades from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Extending the session to 3:30 p.m. would affect brokerage operations, investor trading habits and settlement systems. The proposal draws on Japan’s longer trading hours and continuous-session model. It also reflects a global trend among exchanges toward longer sessions as they seek to align more closely with the cryptocurrency market’s near-round-the-clock trading.

Taiwan Stock Exchange Chairman Sherman Lin recently confirmed that the exchange is actively considering moving the market close from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., adding 2 hours to the trading day. It is also assessing a continuous-trading model similar to Japan’s, without separate morning and afternoon sessions. The Financial Supervisory Commission said longer trading hours would entail changes to the market’s overall framework and would require careful consideration of supporting measures as well as public consensus. No implementation date has been announced.