Charles Schwab Expands 24-Hour Trading to All Its Retail Clients

Charles Schwab Corp. is expanding overnight trading to all of its retail clients as it seeks to capture demand from investors piling into US stocks amid elevated prices.

Schwab’s retail clients will be able to trade a wider range of securities 24 hours, five days a week, the firm said in a statement. Those include shares of companies in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 as well as hundreds of exchange-traded funds, according to the Westlake, Texas-based company.

“Think of it as an extension of the trading day,” James Kostulias, head of trading services at Schwab, said in an ...