Mercury's location in your birth chart influences all of this! Mercury never travels more than 28 degrees from the Sun, so many people will have Mercury in the same zodiac sign as their Sun.
From Monday to Friday, the stock market remains open from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm, EST. PST time is 6:30 am to 1:00 pm.
Loading the player... After-hours trading (AHT) refers to the buying and selling of securities on major exchanges after the specified regular trading hours. Both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq National Market operate regularly from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Buy and sell orders in the AHT session can be entered and executed anytime between 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm EST.