Cboe to Offer Nearly 24-Hour Trading for Russell 2000 Options, Expanding Global Access to U.S. Small-Cap Equities

Russell 2000® Index (RUT) options to trade nearly 24×5 during Cboe’s Global Trading Hours Expansion that may allow European and Asia-Pacific traders to more easily manage U.S. small-cap exposure Initiative is part of Cboe’s ongoing efforts to expand global access to its proprietary U.S. equity index options Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today announced plans to extend trading hours for its Russell 2000 Index (RUT) options suite to nearly 24 hours a day, five days a week, beginning February 9, 2026. RUT options are currently available for trading during regular U.S. hours, from 9:30 a.m. ET to 4:15 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. With the planned addition of an overnight session during Cboe’s Global Trading Hours (GTH), RUT options (including the RUT Weeklys options) will also trade from 8:15 p.m. ET to 9:25 a.m. ET the following morning, Monday through Friday. As investors globally increasingly seek to access