Nothing derails a trading plan quite like showing up to a market that's closed — or, worse, one that quietly shut at 1 p.m. while your order sat unfilled.
So I pulled the official NYSE Group calendar and laid out every U.S. market holiday for the rest of 2026 and all of 2027 — including the two half-days almost every list forgets. Bookmark this one; it's the whole year on a single page, straight from the source.
The short answer
Both exchanges follow the identical schedule, so "NYSE holidays" and "Nasdaq holidays" are the same list. Regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern; on early-close days the bell rings at 1:00 p.m. (options run to 1:15 p.m.). The bond market keeps its own, slightly longer holiday calendar via SIFMA — worth checking separately if you trade Treasuries.
2026 stock market holiday calendar
Here is every day the NYSE and Nasdaq are fully closed in 2026. When a holiday lands on a weekend, the market observes it on the nearest weekday — which is why Independence Day is marked on Friday, July 3 (July 4 falls on a Saturday).
| Holiday | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | Thursday, Jan 1 | Closed |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Monday, Jan 19 | Closed |
| Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) | Monday, Feb 16 | Closed |
| Good Friday | Friday, Apr 3 | Closed |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 25 | Closed |
| Juneteenth | Friday, Jun 19 | Closed |
| Independence Day (observed) | Friday, Jul 3 | Closed |
| Labor Day | Monday, Sep 7 | Closed |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday, Nov 26 | Closed |
| Christmas Day | Friday, Dec 25 | Closed |
Source: NYSE Group 2025–2027 Holiday & Early Closings Calendar. All dates U.S. Eastern Time.
The two early closes everyone forgets
These aren't holidays — they're shortened sessions. Trading opens as normal at 9:30 a.m. but ends at 1:00 p.m. ET (1:15 p.m. for eligible options). Miss them and a limit order can sit unfilled while liquidity vanishes.
| Early close (1:00 p.m. ET) | Date |
|---|---|
| Day after Thanksgiving | Friday, Nov 27 |
| Christmas Eve | Thursday, Dec 24 |
2027 stock market holiday calendar
Planning ahead? The NYSE has already published 2027. It's another 10 full closures, with a single early close on the day after Thanksgiving. Note the quirks: Good Friday moves early (March 26), and Independence Day shifts to Monday, July 5 because July 4 is a Sunday.
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| New Year's Day | Friday, Jan 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Monday, Jan 18 |
| Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) | Monday, Feb 15 |
| Good Friday | Friday, Mar 26 |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 31 |
| Juneteenth (observed) | Friday, Jun 18 |
| Independence Day (observed) | Monday, Jul 5 |
| Labor Day | Monday, Sep 6 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday, Nov 25 |
| Christmas Day (observed) | Friday, Dec 24 |
2027 early close at 1:00 p.m. ET: Friday, Nov 26 (day after Thanksgiving). Source: NYSE Group. The NYSE publishes about three years ahead, so 2028 is not yet official.
What stays open — and the bond-market exceptions
A few "holidays" trip people up because the stock market doesn't close for them. Both the NYSE and Nasdaq trade a full, normal session on:
- Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day — Monday, Oct 12, 2026. A federal holiday, but stocks trade as usual.
- Veterans Day — Wednesday, Nov 11, 2026. Banks and government offices close; the stock market stays open.
- New Year's Eve — Thursday, Dec 31, 2026. A full trading day, not an early close — NYSE Rule 7.2 keeps the market open at year-end even when New Year's Day is the adjacent holiday.
The bond market keeps a different calendar. Under SIFMA's recommended schedule it closes for everything the stock market does plus Columbus Day and Veterans Day, and it shuts early at 2:00 p.m. ET on the eves of Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Thanksgiving. If you trade Treasuries or bond funds, follow the SIFMA calendar rather than this stock-market list.
How often is the U.S. market actually closed?
Less than you might think — and far less than most of the world. With 10 full closures against 261 weekdays, the NYSE and Nasdaq are open roughly 96% of all business days. Compare that to the major exchanges abroad and the U.S. market is one of the most consistently open on Earth:
Full-day market closures in 2026, by exchange
Fewer closed days = more trading sessions. U.S. markets sit at the low end of the global range.
Sources: NYSE Group (US, 10), London Stock Exchange (8 full closures), Japan Exchange Group / Tokyo Stock Exchange (19). Half-day sessions not counted.
The takeaway for anyone trading U.S. equities: closures are rare, predictable, and clustered around a handful of long weekends. That regularity is a feature — it's what lets you plan entries, expiries and rebalances a full year in advance.
The holiday effect: why these dates matter for traders
Market holidays aren't just days off. The sessions around them behave differently, and generations of traders have noticed:
- Thin volume, bigger swings. The half-days before Thanksgiving and Christmas run on skeleton liquidity, so a modest order can move price more than usual.
- The pre-holiday drift. Historically, the sessions just before a long weekend have shown a mild upward bias — the so-called "holiday effect" documented across decades of market data.
- Gap risk. When the market is shut for a day or more, news keeps flowing. Prices can reopen with a gap, which matters for anyone holding options or leveraged positions over a closure.
None of that is a guarantee — seasonal patterns fade and reverse — but it's exactly the kind of signal our models are built to weigh. Before the next long weekend, it's worth checking how the setup looks for Bitcoin, the S&P 500 or gold on the forecast hub. And if you want to see what a holiday-timed entry would have returned, the "what if I invested" calculator and the wider tool set do the math for you.
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Open the forecast hubMethodology & data sources
All U.S. holiday and early-close dates come directly from the NYSE Group 2025–2027 Holiday & Early Closings Calendar (Intercontinental Exchange), which the NYSE and Nasdaq share. The trading-day count (~251) is derived from 261 weekdays in 2026 minus the 10 full-day closures. Global comparison figures come from the London Stock Exchange (8 full closures) and Japan Exchange Group / Tokyo Stock Exchange (19). The bond market follows a separate SIFMA-recommended calendar not covered here.
Dates are confirmed against the official exchange calendars and are subject to change if an exchange issues a special closure (for example, a national day of mourning). Last reviewed July 2026. Nothing here is financial advice — see our disclaimer.