Home Breadcrumb caret Industry News Breadcrumb caret Industry TSX sets earlier data reporting time Exchange to begin distributing bid/ask data at 7 a.m. By James Langton | June 24, 2020 | Last updated on June 24, 2020 1 min read Illustration: Daronk Hordumrong / Stockphoto; Icons: iStockphoto The Toronto Stock Exchange is going start reporting index bid/ask data earlier in the morning to give traders a head start in increasingly volatile markets, The exchange announced that, starting June 29, it will begin transmitting bid/ask data for the S&P/TSX 60 index and the S&P/TSX composite index at 7 a.m. instead of its current 8:30 a.m. start time. The change to the exchange’s real-time index feed comes in response to demand among traders for an earlier preview of the direction in which the market is headed before its 9:30 a.m. open. “With the increased volatility of the marketplace, clients are looking for an earlier indication of where the market will open,” the exchange said in a notice. “The indication of where the market will open will also help clients with placing orders into the order book before the market opens,” it said. James Langton James is a senior reporter for Advisor.ca and its sister publication, Investment Executive. He has been reporting on regulation, securities law, industry news and more since 1994. Save Stroke 1 Print Group 8 Share LI logo