The Nasdaq, S&P 500 and Dow industrial indexes have rallied through 2024, rising to record highs in December. That leaves the market in a healthy position as the market prepares to enter 2025.
For New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, Dec. 31, the bond markets will close early at 2 p.m. while the stock market will operate according to regular hours. The stock and bond market will close for New Year’s Day on Wednesday, Jan. 1, then run normal schedules on Thursday and Friday.
Additionally, the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Inc.’s US equities exchanges and Cboe Global Markets Inc. announced on Monday they will close for their entire sessions on Jan. 9, in observance of the National Day Of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. Carter died Sunday in Plains, Ga.
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Is Wall Street Closed On New Year’s Day? These Are The 2024 Stock Market Holidays
Here is a look at other upcoming stock market holidays.
What Are Stock Market Holidays?
A so-called market holiday is any nonweekend day when the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, or bond markets close for the day. Usually, that holiday is something like Thanksgiving or Christmas.
On some holidays, or days close to them, the stock markets remain open, while the bond markets stay closed or close early. Sometimes, the markets close for national days of mourning, as the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq did to honor the late president George H.W. Bush in 2018.
If a given holiday happens to take place on Saturday, the Friday before it typically becomes a stock market holiday. Similarly, markets typically close on the following Monday if the holiday lands on a Sunday.
Regular hours for the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq go from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET from Monday to Friday. The markets are closed over the weekends.
Full Stock Market Holidays 2025
The following are the stock market holidays in 2025 when the NYSE, Nasdaq and bond markets are all fully closed:
- Monday, Jan. 20 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Monday, Feb. 17 — Presidents’ Day
- Friday, April 18 — Good Friday
- Monday, May 26 — Memorial Day
- Thursday, June 19 — Juneteenth
- Friday, July 4 — Independence Day
- Monday, Sept. 1 — Labor Day
- Thursday, Nov. 27 — Thanksgiving Day
- Thursday, Dec. 25 — Christmas Day
Below, we also include the remaining partial market closures for 2025.
… And Christmas Eve?
The stock market will close early at 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 24 for Christmas Eve. The bond markets will close early at 2 p.m. ET.
Is The Stock Market Open New Year’s Eve?
For 2024, the bond markets will close early at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 31 for New Year’s Eve. The stock market will hold regular hours for the last day of 2024, before taking New Year’s Day off. Stocks will trade normal hours on Thursday and Friday.
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