End of day - Wikipedia End of day This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2016 ) Traders at the Toronto Stock Exchange, c. 1935 pose for a photograph at end of day. Note the discarded papers on the floor. End of day ( EOD ), end of business ( EOB ), close of business ( COB ), close of play ( COP ) or end of play ( EOP ) is the end of the trading day in financial markets, the point when trading ceases. In some markets it is actually defined as the point in time a few minutes prior to the actual cessation of trading, when the regular traders ' orders are no longer received. During this period, the market is performing what is called a `` Run To Cash '', which is when the market is reconciling to its underlying cash market. EOB, COB and COP in the U.S. is usually at 5 : 00 pm but typically 5 : 30 pm in the United Kingdom while EOD is 23 : 59. In United States military In the United States Military, end of day or close of business is the time when all scheduled training and administrative work stops. The unit 's senior noncommissioned officer may hold a formation at this time. During this formation, guidance is given to the enlisted members, the unit commander may publish information and the unit is given the command fall out, which usually means done for the day. However, some members of the unit, especially maintenance crews, may continue working. References This economic term article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This military - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=End_of_day&oldid=830916615 '' Categories : Economic terminology stubs Military stubs Military slang and jargon Share trading Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from January 2016 All articles lacking sources All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 17 March 2018, at 17 : 40. About Wikipedia

Question: when is the end of a working day
Answer: the point when trading ceases