NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - The New York Times, tipping its hat to the digital age, is vastly consolidating the stock listings printed in the newspaper and will instead direct readers online to retrieve their financial information.

In a statement issued Monday, the Times said the move was an attempt to both save money on newsprint and provide its readers with a better service.

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"Increasingly our readers are turning to NYTimes.com for stock quotes and other financial data, rather than to the back pages of Business Day," Lawrence Ingrassia, business editor of the Times, said in a statement. "We are making changes that will add value for our readers, both in the paper and online."

The Times will replace its current six pages of printed stock listings with a consolidated two-page version, the statement said. It will contain a centerpiece graphic, performance of the top 100 stocks in the S&P, key economic numbers, foreign exchange and mortgage rates, a snapshot of companies in the headlines and a mutual fund tracker, among other features.

In addition to more stock listings, the online section will contain interactive features such as a stock and mutual fund screener that lets users search for investments using certain criteria and e-mail notification of company news.

The changes begin April 4 in the Tuesday through Saturday editions. The Sunday Times will still contain full stock listings.

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