Is the Stock Market Open on New Year's?

Stock traders get to enjoy a mid-week break ringing in the new year with family and friends, while bond traders get some extra time to celebrate.

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Is the stock market open on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day? This year, the answer to that question is mixed. New Year's Eve falls on a Tuesday this year which means the stock market is open for regular trading hours, while New Year's Day is one of several federal holidays in 2025 and always a stock market holiday.

Bond traders, meanwhile, will get a little more time off to celebrate. That's because the bond market will not only be closed on Wednesday, January 1, for New Year's Day, but it will also close early on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at 2 pm Eastern Standard Time.

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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Are banks open on New Year's Eve in 2024? The answer to that question is yes. Banks will be open on New Year's Eve because it falls on a Tuesday in 2024 and it is not a federal holiday. However, along with the stock and bond markets, banks will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.

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

Stock market holidays in 2025

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DateHolidayNYSENasdaq
Wednesday, January 1New Year's DayClosedClosed
Monday, January 20Martin Luther King, Jr. DayClosedClosed
Monday, February 17Presidents' Day/Washington's BirthdayClosedClosed
Thursday, April 17Maundy ThursdayOpenOpen
Friday, April 18Good FridayClosedClosed
Friday, May 23Friday before Memorial DayOpenOpen
Monday, May 26Memorial DayClosedClosed
Thursday, June 19Juneteenth National Independence DayClosedClosed
Thursday, July 3Day before Independence DayEarly close (1 pm)Early close (1 pm)
Friday, July 4Independence DayClosedClosed
Monday, September 1Labor DayClosedClosed
Monday, October 13Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' DayOpenOpen
Tuesday, November 11Veterans DayOpenOpen
Thursday, November 27Thanksgiving DayClosedClosed
Friday, November 28Day after Thanksgiving/Black FridayEarly close (1 pm)Early close (1 pm)
Wednesday, December 24Christmas EveEarly close (1 pm)Early close (1 pm)
Thursday, December 25Christmas DayClosedClosed
Wednesday, December 31New Year's EveOpenOpen

Bond market holidays in 2025

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DateHolidayBond Markets
Wednesday, January 1New Year's DayClosed
Monday, January 20Martin Luther King, Jr. DayClosed
Monday, February 17Presidents' Day/Washington's BirthdayClosed
Thursday, April 17Maundy ThursdayEarly close (2 pm)
Friday, April 18Good FridayClosed
Friday, May 23Friday before Memorial DayEarly close (2 pm)
Monday, May 26Memorial DayClosed
Thursday, June 19Juneteenth National Independence DayClosed
Thursday, July 3Day before Independence DayEarly close (2 pm)
Friday, July 4Independence DayClosed
Monday, September 1Labor DayClosed
Monday, October 13Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' DayClosed
Tuesday, November 11Veterans DayClosed
Thursday, November 27Thanksgiving DayClosed
Friday, November 28Day after Thanksgiving/Black FridayEarly close (2 pm)
Wednesday, December 24Christmas EveEarly close (2 pm)
Thursday, December 25Christmas DayClosed
Wednesday, December 31New Year's EveEarly close (2 pm)

* This is the recommended stock and bond market holiday schedule from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and SIFMA, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. This schedule is subject to change.

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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 Schaeffer's Investment Research. In her previous role, Karee focused primarily on options trading, as well as technical, fundamental and sentiment analysis.