Are Banks Open on Good Friday in 2025?

Good Friday is almost here, but not everyone has the day off on Friday, April 18.

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Are banks open on Good Friday in 2025? That's a question plenty of folks are asking just ahead of the holiday that precedes Easter Sunday. The answer is yes, banks are open on Good Friday.

While Good Friday is not a bank holiday, it is one of several stock market holidays in 2025. So for those wondering "Is the stock market open on Good Friday," the answer to that question is no.

Bond traders also get the day off, though their weekend starts even earlier. Specifically, bond markets will be closed starting at 2 pm Eastern on Thursday, April 17, for Maundy Thursday. 

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

Banks will be closed on Easter Sunday in part 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 U.S. bank holidays for 2025. Please note that the list includes Juneteenth – the June 19 holiday commemorating the end of slavery – which became the 11th federal holiday by vote of Congress in 2021.

2025 bank holidays

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Date

Day

Holiday

January 1

Wednesday

New Year's Day

January 20

Monday

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

February 17

Monday

Presidents' Day/Washington's Birthday

May 26

Monday

Memorial Day

June 19

Thursday

Juneteenth National Independence Day

July 4

Friday

Independence Day

September 1

Monday

Labor Day

October 13

Monday

Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day

November 11

Tuesday

Veterans Day

November 27

Thursday

Thanksgiving Day

December 25

Thursday

Christmas Day

* This is the recommended bank market holiday schedule from the Federal Reserve. 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 a local investment research firm. In her previous role, Karee focused primarily on options trading, as well as technical, fundamental and sentiment analysis.