Is the Stock Market Open on New Year's?
Stock traders get to enjoy a late-week break to ring in the new year, 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 Wednesday in 2025, which means the stock market is open for regular trading hours. But New Year's Day is one of several federal holidays in 2026 and is 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 Thursday, January 1, for New Year's Day, but it will also close early on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 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 2025? The answer to that question is yes. Banks will be open on New Year's Eve because it falls on a Wednesday in 2025 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 2026.
Stock market holidays in 2026
Date | Holiday | NYSE | Nasdaq |
Thursday, January 1 | New Year's Day | Closed | Closed |
Monday, January 19 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Closed | Closed |
Monday, February 16 | Presidents' Day/Washington's Birthday | Closed | Closed |
Thursday, April 2 | Maundy Thursday | Open | Open |
Friday, April 3 | Good Friday | Closed | Closed |
Friday, May 22 | Friday Before Memorial Day | Open | Open |
Monday, May 25 | Memorial Day | Closed | Closed |
Friday, June 19 | Juneteenth National Independence Day | Closed | Closed |
Thursday, July 2 | Thursday before Independence Day | Early close | Early close |
Friday, July 3 | Monday Before Independence Day | Closed | Closed |
Monday, September 7 | Labor Day | Closed | Closed |
Monday, October 12 | Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day | Open | Open |
Wednesday, November 11 | Veterans Day | Open | Open |
Thursday, November 26 | Thanksgiving Day | Closed | Closed |
Friday, November 27 | Day After Thanksgiving/Black Friday | Early close | Early close |
Thursday, December 24 | Christmas Eve | Early close | Early close |
Friday, December 25 | Christmas Day | Closed | Closed |
Thursday, December 31 | New Year's Eve | Open | Open |
Bond market holidays in 2026
Date | Holiday | Bond Markets |
Thursday, January 1 | New Year's Day | Closed |
Monday, January 19 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Closed |
Monday, February 16 | Presidents' Day/Washington's Birthday | Closed |
Thursday, April 2 | Maundy Thursday | Early close |
Friday, April 3 | Good Friday | Early close |
Friday, May 22 | Friday Before Memorial Day | Early close |
Monday, May 25 | Memorial Day | Closed |
Friday, June 19 | Juneteenth National Independence Day | Closed |
Thursday, July 2 | Thursday before Independence Day | Early close |
Friday, July 3 | Day before Independence Day | Closed |
Monday, September 7 | Labor Day | Closed |
Monday, October 12 | Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day | Closed |
Wednesday, November 11 | Veterans Day | Closed |
Thursday, November 26 | Thanksgiving Day | Closed |
Friday, November 27 | Day After Thanksgiving/Black Friday | Early close |
Thursday, December 24 | Christmas Eve | Early close |
Friday, December 25 | Christmas Day | Closed |
Thursday, December 31 | New Year's Eve | Early close |
* 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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