Is the Stock Market Open on Thanksgiving and Black Friday?

Key Takeaways

• The New York Stock Exchange and bond market will close on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
• These markets also have a number of early closures—1 p.m. for the New York Stock Exchange and 2 p.m. for the bond market—throughout the holiday season.
• Trading will wrap up early on Black Friday and Christmas Eve, as well as on New Year's Eve for the bond market.

Traders will have some extra time to digest their turkey this week.

Both the stock and bond market will close on Thursday for Thanksgiving. Trading will resume on Black Friday, but wrap up early, with the stock market closing at 1 p.m. and the bond market at 2 p.m.

The markets will keep those same, shorter hours on Christmas Eve, which falls on Tuesday, Dec. 24, and remain shut on Christmas Day. The markets will return to their normal schedule on Thursday, Dec. 26th.

The bond market has another early closure scheduled on New Year's Eve, or Tuesday, Dec. 31. Both markets will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 1, New Year's Day, and reopen as usual a day later.

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