Stock market holidays are non-weekend business days when the two major U.S. stock exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq, are closed for the day. These days often closely follow federal holiday schedules and include major holidays like Independence Day and Thanksgiving.
Regular operating hours for both exchanges are Monday-Friday from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET, although there are various ways to trade stocks 24 hours a day. Markets do not operate during the weekend.
Sometimes, if a holiday falls on a weekend, stock markets will close on the Friday prior to the holiday, as is often the case with Good Friday and Easter. Other times, a holiday will be observed on a Monday after it occurs.
As investors run head first into the middle of summer vacation with Independence Day festivities, here’s the updated holiday calendar for the stock and bond markets.
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Market holidays in 2025
Below is the schedule for 2025 stock market holidays when the NYSE, Nasdaq and bond markets are closed:
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 — New Year’s Day
Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 — Presidents’ Day
Friday, April 18, 2025 — Good Friday
Monday, May 26, 2025 — Memorial Day
Thursday, June 19, 2025 — Juneteenth National Independence Day
Friday, July 4, 2025 — Independence Day
Monday, Sept. 1, 2025 — Labor Day
Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 — Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 — Christmas Day
Additional bond market holidays
Monday, Oct. 13, 2025 — Columbus Day
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 — Veterans Day
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets (SIFMA) provides this holiday schedule as a recommendation for bond markets and is subject to change. (Here’s a list of days when banks are closed for the holidays, too.)
Early stock market closures
The stock market generally follows its holiday schedule without any additional early closures, with the exception of the day before Independence Day, Black Friday and Christmas Eve, when the Nasdaq and NYSE close at 1 p.m. ET.
July 3, 2025 — Day before Independence Day
Nov. 28, 2025 — Day after Thanksgiving
Dec. 24, 2025 — Christmas Eve
Bond market early closures
Bond markets, however, have some early and additional closures throughout the year. Bond markets close early, at 2 p.m. ET, on the following days:
April 17, 2025 — Day before Good Friday
May 23, 2025 — Friday before Memorial Day
July 3, 2025 — Day before Independence Day
Nov. 28, 2025 — Day after Thanksgiving
Dec. 24, 2025 — Christmas Eve
Dec. 31, 2025 — New Year’s Eve
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