Stock Market Holidays in 2025

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Stock Market Holidays & Early Closures in 2025

By Scott Levine – Updated Dec 3, 2024 at 1:57PM

Key Points

The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are closed on most federal holidays and Good Friday.
Both exchanges also offer shorter trading hours several days yearly.
The bond market follows similar holiday schedules, but trading is closed on Columbus Day and Veterans Day.
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If you're planning ahead through 2025, it's important to keep track of stock market holidays, which are weekdays when the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq are not open for trading. After all, it can be quite disheartening to plan on executing a stock trade when the opening bell rings, only to find that it's actually a stock market holiday, and there's no trading to be done. Read on to find out which days the stock market is closed in 2025.

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What are stock market holidays?

Ordinarily, the two major U.S. stock exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq, are open for their main trading sessions starting at 9:30 a.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. However, there are exceptions. Stock market holidays are weekdays when the markets are closed.

Stock market closings in 2025

When is the stock market closed in 2025?

In addition to most federal holidays, the NYSE and Nasdaq are closed on Good Friday. While many federal offices are closed for Columbus Day and Veterans Day, the NYSE and the Nasdaq are open for trading.

Over-the-counter markets follow the same schedule.

Stock market holidays in 2025.
Holiday	Date
New Year's Day	Wednesday, Jan. 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	Monday, Jan. 20
Presidents' Day	Monday, Feb. 17
Good Friday	Friday, April 18
Memorial Day	Monday, May 26
Juneteenth National Independence Day	Thursday, June 19
Independence Day	Friday, July 4
Labor Day	Monday, Sept. 1
Thanksgiving Day	Thursday, Nov. 27
Christmas Day	Thursday, Dec. 25

Early market closures in 2025

In addition to times when markets are closed for the entire day, there are some occasions when markets hold abbreviated trading sessions. These shortened trading sessions occur on days that surround other holidays. The NYSE and the Nasdaq close at 1 p.m. ET on the day before Independence Day, the day after Thanksgiving, and the day before Christmas.

Markets close early on several days during the year.
Date	Market closing
Thursday, July 3	1 p.m. ET
Friday, Nov. 28	1 p.m. ET
Wednessday, Dec. 24	1 p.m. ET

Bond market closures in 2025

Ordinarily, the U.S. bond market is open for regular trading on weekdays from 9:30 a.m. ET until 4:00 p.m. ET. Following a similar schedule as the NYSE and the Nasdaq, the U.S. bond market is closed during all 2025 stock market holidays. In addition, the bond market is closed on Columbus Day (Monday, Oct. 14) and on Veterans Day (Monday, Nov. 11).

Like the NYSE and the Nasdaq, there are several days when the bond market closes earlier than its usual time.

Early closures of the bond market in 2025.
Date	Market closing
Thursday, April 17	2:00 p.m. ET
Friday, May 23	2:00 p.m. ET
Friday, July 3	2:00 p.m. ET
Friday, Nov. 28	2:00 p.m. ET
Wednesday, Dec. 24	2:00 p.m. ET
Tuesday, Dec. 31	2:00 p.m. ET