Is the Stock Market Open on Good Friday in 2025?

Investors will enjoy an extended Easter weekend, with both the stock and bond markets closed on Good Friday.

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Is the stock market open on Good Friday? The answer to this question is no. The stock market will be closed this Friday, April 18, for Good Friday.

Bond traders will get the day off, too, and then some. Not only is the bond market closed for Good Friday, but it closes early at 2 pm Eastern on Thursday, April 17, for Maundy Thursday.

For those wondering what time does the market open for regular trading hours, both the Nasdaq Stock Market and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) run from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm Eastern time Monday through Friday.

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While Good Friday is a stock market holiday, it is not a federal holiday. So for those wondering "Are banks open on Good Friday?," the answer to that question is yes. Friday, April 18, is not one of the 11 bank holidays in 2025, and so banks will be open on Good Friday.

Banks will be closed on Easter Sunday, though this is because they are generally closed every Sunday. Several retailers have recently announced that they will be closed on Easter Sunday, as well, including Lowe's.

Lowe's CEO Mark Ellison said the home improvement retailer is closing all of its 1,700 stores for the entirety of Easter Sunday in order to give its team "a well-deserved day off so they can spend Easter with their loved ones."

Below, we feature a full schedule of all stock market holidays and bond market holidays for 2025.

2025 stock market holidays

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Date

Holiday

NYSE

Nasdaq

Wednesday, January 1

New Year's Day

Closed

Closed

Monday, January 20

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Closed

Closed

Monday, February 17

Presidents' Day/Washington's Birthday

Closed

Closed

Thursday, April 17

Maundy Thursday

Open

Open

Friday, April 18

Good Friday

Closed

Closed

Friday, May 23

Friday before Memorial Day

Open

Open

Monday, May 26

Memorial Day

Closed

Closed

Thursday, June 19

Juneteenth National Independence Day

Closed

Closed

Thursday, July 3

Day before Independence Day

Early close (1 pm)

Early close (1 pm)

Friday, July 4

Independence Day

Closed

Closed

Monday, September 1

Labor Day

Closed

Closed

Monday, October 13

Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day

Open

Open

Tuesday, November 11

Veterans Day

Open

Open

Thursday, November 27

Thanksgiving Day

Closed

Closed

Friday, November 28

Day after Thanksgiving/Black Friday

Early close (1 pm)

Early close (1 pm)

Wednesday, December 24

Christmas Eve

Early close (1 pm)

Early close (1 pm)

Thursday, December 25

Christmas Day

Closed

Closed

Wednesday, December 31

New Year's Eve

Open

Open

2025 bond market holidays

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Date

Holiday

Bond Markets

Wednesday, January 1

New Year's Day

Closed

Monday, January 20

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Closed

Monday, February 17

Presidents' Day/Washington's Birthday

Closed

Thursday, April 17

Maundy Thursday

Early close (2 pm)

Friday, April 18

Good Friday

Closed

Friday, May 23

Friday before Memorial Day

Early close (2 pm)

Monday, May 26

Memorial Day

Closed

Thursday, June 19

Juneteenth National Independence Day

Closed

Thursday, July 3

Day before Independence Day

Early close (2 pm)

Friday, July 4

Independence Day

Closed

Monday, September 1

Labor Day

Closed

Monday, October 13

Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day

Closed

Tuesday, November 11

Veterans Day

Closed

Thursday, November 27

Thanksgiving Day

Closed

Friday, November 28

Day after Thanksgiving/Black Friday

Early close (2 pm)

Wednesday, December 24

Christmas Eve

Early close (2 pm)

Thursday, December 25

Christmas Day

Closed

Wednesday, December 31

New Year's Eve

Early close (2 pm)

* Data provided by the NYSE and SIFMA.

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Karee Venema
Senior Investing Editor, Kiplinger.com

With over a decade of experience writing about the stock market, Karee Venema is the senior investing editor at Kiplinger.com. She joined the publication in April 2021 after 10 years of working as an investing writer and columnist at a local investment research firm. In her previous role, Karee focused primarily on options trading, as well as technical, fundamental and sentiment analysis.